From Here to Babylon: Poems by Pavel Chichikov

takes the reader on that journey. Along the way we meet angels and devils, saints and con men, the devout and the devious. There is suffering but also hope, outrage but also beauty, mystery beyond our power to explain. These eighty-seven poems are a travel guide to destinations we might never expect. Not turning away from hard truths about our human experience and our common destiny, they show the world we can see, and worlds beyond ordinary perception. REVIEWS Pavel Chichikov writes poetry that is crystalline in its perfect structure and beauty; each one unique and perfectly formed with the power to evoke images and thoughts of beauty of a world that most of us can only touch in our dreams. -- author, American Apocalypse Series Pavel Chichikov is as prolific as he is profound, irrepressible and iridescent. His verse shines forth with metaphorical brilliance, like a rainbow that bridges the chasm between the natural and supernatural. -- author, professor of literature, and editor of the A spectacular book . . . this is a poetry different from any now being written. -- editor,