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I had conceived of the job in its beginning as interpreting a message from the preliterate, prehistoric past, a message communicated by pictorial designs because as yet there was no writing. Therefore, to begin with, I anticipated hearing from the archetypal mind of a primitive shaman, from the depths of savage instinct, from the wisdom of simple feeling. But that was not what I found in the Sumerian game board. The Ur-board conversed meaningf...

Walt Darring is primarily a poet. His poems have appeared in magazines, books, and journals throughout the country. In 1992, he published a collection of poems entitled My Life's Work, which attracted a following of local and regional readers. Now with this book, he reaches out to the larger nationaland global communities of Englsih-speaking readers, withpoems which are both traditional and modern, featuring his unique brand of humor and wisdom.

Eight short stories from the South covering the second half of the twentieth century. Adult fiction.

The UR-BOARD is a priceless treasure from ancient Sumer. Discovered in the ruins of the city of Ur, where it had lain for 4.5 thousand years, it pre-dates the Bible by centuries. Yet when interpreted by a contemporary symbolist, it displays a knowledge of human life and history that is characteristically modern. Primarily a game board, with dice and markers, it is also a beautiful art object, or art "form", a paradigm of human wisdom, based on...