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Longitudes: Selected poems (Mass Market Paperback)

by John Birkbeck (Author), Janice Phelps (Editor)

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Mass Market Paperback: 51 pages
Publisher: Carmine Creek Press (1999)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0967175712
ISBN-13: 978-0967175713

Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (8 customer reviews)

Amazon.com Sales Rank: #5,514,427 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars This poet should be a Russian novelist!, October 4, 1999

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I relive shivering sleepless nights on the frosty steppes of Central Asia, longing for the warmth and fellowship of a better place and time. Reading Birkbeck's poems almost takes me there! His poem, "Nazi Princess", makes me laugh and cry at the same time.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Something's going on!, November 19, 1999

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You're walking down the richly-appointed hallway of a luxurious Florntine palace, basking in stupefied wonder and awe of your surroundings. Suddenly, one if the lavish tapestries is yanked away and you're left looking at what's really there-- curious water marks on the wallpaper. That's what reading Birkbeck's poems is like; the yanking away of apparent reality, and the glimpse underneath of the virtual reality. This poet is a magician!

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5.0 out of 5 stars Is he a loosely-wrapped lunatic?, November 6, 1999

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I use the word "Lunatic" in a flattering way, of course, when I deal with John Birkbeck's poems. His references to the moon are quite cryptic and laden with spooky mystery. Just as in the body of his work, one dangles between humour and horror. Many of his poems are a sort of wake-up call for those of us who walk on the thin ice of the reality of the inner life.

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John's work reminds me of a Zen saying-- that you can never step into the same river twice. (Because, as with everything, the river is constantly changing and becoming new all the... Read more

Published on February 6, 2000 by Leslie Blanchard, Editor; A Wr...

5.0 out of 5 stars Tasty Treats!
This book is like a tray full of interestingly shaped and tasty poetic hors d'oeuvres. The sense I get from these damn fine and fun poems, is that of the eternal college student,... Read more

Published on February 6, 2000 by Leslie Blanchard, Editor; A Wr...

5.0 out of 5 stars Out of this world!
Although John Birkbeck is sparing in his words and in the use of punctution, this, oddly, makes the sound and sense of the poems more cogeant and ingestible. Read more

Published on October 13, 1999

5.0 out of 5 stars Loquacious,lithic, lachrymose, libidonous, lynching.
This book of poetry leads one through an arachnids ball of ordered chaos. The twists and turns of seemingly misdirection arrive at horizons of a total clear and crystalline... Read more

Published on August 19, 1999

5.0 out of 5 stars he has taken a lot of latitude with this one!!!
While the brevity allowed for breathing I nearly choked on the form. That which for awhile raised my vision suddenly plunged me into the trenches of Marianas, and left me dry and... Read more

Published on August 19, 1999

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