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Balaban, John, 1943- author.

Path, crooked path / John Balaban.

Port Townsend, Washington : Copper Canyon Press, [2006]

©2006

viii, 77 pages ; 23 cm

A collection of poetry by American poet John Balaban that explores the various cultures of America, Eastern Europe, and Southeast Asia.

Poetry, Modern -- 20th century.

Poetry.

Includes bibliographical references.

Highway 61 revisited -- Looking out from the Acropolis, 1989 -- Georgi Borrisov in Paris -- Some dogs of the world -- On the death of his dog, Apples -- The lives of the poets -- Romania, Romania -- Ovid, Tristia V.x:15-22 -- The siege -- Ibn Fadhlan, the Arab emissary, encounters vikings on the Volga River, A.D. 922 -- Loving Graham Greene -- A vision -- Soldier home -- Let him be -- Waiting in a desert canyon -- Poor sap -- Sotol -- Root boy slim -- If only -- Leaving -- Head-to-toe -- Miami suite -- A note to Hayden Carruth from Miami -- Butter people -- Some notes on Miami -- Eddie -- Dinner in Miami -- Big boy -- After hurricane Andrew -- Remembering Miami -- Anna Alhmatova spends the night on Miami Beach -- A little story -- Varna Snow -- Van Gogh -- Dr. Alice Magheru's room -- Driving back east with my dad -- The goodbyes -- The great fugue.

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