[Ned Balbo]

Hi, everyone ~ I thought I'd share the Amazon link to 3 Nights of the Perseids, which the amazing Erica Dawson selected for the 2018 Richard Wilbur Award. Thanks for taking a look.

https://www.amazon.com/3-Nights-Pers...f+the+perseids

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And here's a preview of selected contents...

A Word the Romans Used
https://www.firstthings.com/article/...he-romans-used

East of Tin Pan Alley
https://www.stringpoet.com/2012/05/3-ned-balbo/

The Afterlife of Beatles
http://www.poetrynet.org/month/archi...lbo/poem4.html

Sea Star
https://muse.jhu.edu/article/608085

deadbook
https://lightpoetrymagazine.com/ned-balbo-winter-17/

Cell Phones Lifted in a Public Square
http://www.poetsreadingthenews.com/2...d-balbo-poetry

[Erik Olson]

Congratulations! Thank you for sharing. I have ordered it to my doorstep.

[Ned Balbo]

Thanks, Erik. That's very kind of you!

[Nicholas F.]

Congratulations, Ned. Looking forward to reading.

All best,
Nick

[Ned Balbo]

Nick, thank you! I've had your new book on my Amazon wishlist for months. It's time for me to take the plunge!

[Susan McLean]

I've ordered a copy. I look forward to reading it. Congratulations, Ned.

Susan

[Ned Balbo]

Thank you, Susan! It contains what I hope is a pleasant surprise: I used an excerpt from one of your Martial translations (with the translator credited by name, of course) as an epigraph for the book's fourth section.

“Can anyone foretell his future conduct?
If you were a lion, what kind would you be?”
— Martial, Epigram 12.92,
Susan McLean, translator

[Ned Balbo]

Hi, everybody ~ Since the subject is the same book, I thought it might be good to add to an existing thread instead of creating a whole new one.

3 Nights of the Perseids was published a little later than expected (January 2019) but is online and available through Amazon.
https://www.amazon.com/3-Nights-Pers...y&sr=8-1-spell

For anyone who'd like more of a preview, here are a few more links to poems included...

The Underground Tour
https://www.newcriterion.com/issues/...derground-tour

Musicology
http://www.depoetry.com/poets/201701...balbo-ned.html

Text and Flame
https://scoundreltime.com/text-and-flame/

Dream Songs for the Governor of Michigan
https://newversenews.blogspot.com/20...-michigan.html

Along with books by some excellent poets I'm happy to be mentioned beside (Amy Lemmon, Anne Fisher-Wirth, Martha Silano), Lesley Wheeler says some nice things about 3 Nights of the Perseids here...
https://lesleywheeler.org/2019/04/21...ns-and-glosas/

Thanks for taking a look!

[marly youmans]

Ned,

I need to come by here more often!

Just saw your post, read the linked poems, and ordered the book... And am looking forward to the read.

Cheers,
Marly

[Erik Olson]

Ned,

3 Nights of the Perseids has been on my nightstand for some time now. I laughed out loud reading Dream Song for the Governor of Michigan just last night. It never ceases to impress and entertain. So thanks.

Cheers,
Erik