Locusts at the Edge of Summer: New and Selected Poems [Paperback]

John Balaban (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 1, 1997

A generous collection of poems by one of the most highly praised writers coming out of the Viet Nam War experience.

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After Our War
Agua Fria Y Las Chicharras: 1. Alhambra
Agua Fria Y Las Chicharras: 2. Arroyo Hondo, New Mexico
Agua Fria Y Las Chicharras: 3. Rosale's
All Souls Night
Along The Mekong
Anna Akhmatova Spends The Night On Miami Beach
At 4:00 A.m. Asleep
Atomic Ghost
Carcanet: After Our War
Chasing Out The Demons
Collateral Damage
Crossing West Nebraska, Looking For Blue Mountain
The Cuban Rafter
Daddy Out Hitchhiking At 3:00 A.m.
Deer Kill
Dogs, Dreams, And Rain
Dr. Alice Magheru's Room
Eliseo's Cabin, Taos Pueblo
Erhart
Estuary
Etymologies Of He Post-colonial Iguana
Flying Home
For A Missing In Action
For John Haag, Logger, Sailor, Housepainter, Poet, Professor
For Mrs. Cam, Whose Name Means 'printed Silk'
For My Sister In Warminster General Hospital
The Gardenia In The Moon: 1. In Pennsylvania Woods
The Gardenia In The Moon: 2. Monthly Report - Agriculture
The Gardenia In The Moon: 3. A Cyclo Ride To Town
The Gardenia In The Moon: 4. Monthly Report - Agriculture
The Gardenia In The Moon: 5. Gardenia
The Gardenia In The Moon: 6. I.v.s. Memorandum
The Gardenia In The Moon: 7. A Garden Becomes A Moon
The Gift Of Morning Water
Graveyard At Bald Eagle Ridge
The Guard At The Binh Thuy Bridge
Hail To The Chief
Heading Out West
Hissarlik
Hitch-hiking And Listening To My Cb Walkie-talkie
In Celebration Of Spring
Inscriptions From The Black Sea Tombs
John Steinbeck, Iv (1947-1991)
Journey In The Desert: 1. The Stone Lions
Journey In The Desert: 2. Kachina
Journey In The Desert: 3. At Capulin Canyon
Journey In The Desert: 4. Painted Cave
Journey In The Desert: 5. Wedding In The Desert
Kate And Gary's Bar, Red River, New Mexico
Letter From A Bargirl
Letters From Across The Sea: 1. Pontus
Letters From Across The Sea: 2. Fortuna
Letters From Across The Sea: 3. Nemesis
Letters From Across The Sea: 4. Glycon
Lo, He Sees Four Men Loose, Walking In The Midst Of The Fire
Locust Ghazal-dazzle
Lovers Near Jemez Springs
Mau Than
Mr. Giai's Poem
News Update
On Reading The Anthology Of The Ten Thousand Poets
Opening Le Ba Khon's Dictionary
Palindrfome For Clyde Coreil In Saigon
Passing Through Albuquerque
Peyote Villanelle
Poetry Reading At The Varna Ruins
Portal
Reading The News And Thinking Of The T'ang Poets
Red Dust
Riding Westward
Saturday Night
The Ship Of Redemption
Sitting On Blue Mountain, Watching The Birds Fly South
Snowbound
Some Notes On Miami: Alligator
Some Notes On Miami: Hurricane
Some Notes On Miami: Parrots
Some Notes On Miami: Snails
Some Things That Happened Before My Daughter's Birth
Sort Of A Gay-bash
South Of L.a.
Speak, Memory: 2. The Opium Pillow
Speak, Memory: 3. Prince Buu Hoi's Watch
Speak, Memory: 4. The Perfume Vial
Spring-watching Pavilion
Story
Studying The Seasons On Blue Mountain: 1. Summer
Studying The Seasons On Blue Mountain: 2. Fall
Studying The Seasons On Blue Mountain: 3. Winter
Studying The Seasons On Blue Mountain: 4. Spring
That Man
Thoughts Before Dawn; For Mary Bui Thi Khuy, 1944-1969
Three Ways Of Looking At Sparrows
Tomato Pickers
Viewing The New World Order
Walking Down Into Cebolla Canyon
Words For My Daughter
Words For The Dead
The Water Buffalo (hanoi, 1972)
A Woman Alone On The Road
The Siege
The Smell Of Autumn Rain
Autumn Landscape
The Chess Player
A Tiny Bird
-- Table of Poems from Poem Finder®

Language Notes

Text: English (translation)
Original Language: Vietnamese

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Product Details

• Paperback: 150 pages
• Publisher: Copper Canyon Press (May 1, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1556591233
• ISBN-13: 978-1556591235
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,587,961 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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