Back Roads To Far Places

Lawrence Ferlinghetti

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Back Roads To Far Places

Lawrence Ferlinghetti
PoetryNDP312First published 1971

This single long poem of intimately linked verses is not a translation, although the echoes of Japanese poetry and Tibetan Buddhist texts are many. Starting out after Basho but meeting Milarepa and Dante among others en route, the poet finds his own way, t...

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Back Roads To Far Places

Lawrence Ferlinghetti

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