Wayfaring
Micah Ballard, "Wayfaring" from Waifs and Strays, City Lights Spotlight No. 6. Copyright © 2011 by Micah Ballard. Reprinted by permission of City Lights Books.
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Poet Micah Ballard b. 1975
POET’S REGION U.S., Western
Subjects Living, The Mind, Social Commentaries, Cities & Urban Life, Popular Culture
Poetic Terms Free Verse
Biography
Poet Micah Ballard was born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and earned an MA and MFA from the New College of California. He studied with poet Joanne Kyger and has written about John Wieners; the influence of the San Francisco Renaissance poets can be seen in his work. He has published a number of chapbooks, including Absinthian Journal (2002), Bettina Coffin (2003), In the Kindness of Night (2003), Evangeline Downs (2006), and Poems . . .
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SUBJECT Living, The Mind, Social Commentaries, Cities & Urban Life, Popular Culture
POET’S REGION U.S., Western
Poetic Terms Free Verse
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