Back Roads To Far Places
Lawrence Ferlinghetti
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Back Roads To Far Places
Lawrence FerlinghettiPoetryNDP312First 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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