The whole world is on the move, from what has been to what is yet to be. Everyone who is alive now must travel on that road. There are no exits until the journey ends. From Here to Babylon 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. -- Nova, 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. -- Joseph Pearce, author, professor of literature, and editor of the Saint Austin Review
A spectacular book . . . this is a poetry different from any now being written. -- Richard Greene, editor, Graham Green: A Life in Letters
About the Author:
Pavel Chichikov is the pen name of a writer who lives in a small town in central Pennsylvania. He has written for Catholic media and also for the secular press on such issues as Soviet nuclear weapons systems and Soviet environmental problems. His books include Lion Sun: Poems by Pavel Chichikov (Grey Owl Press, 1999), Mysteries and Stations in the Manner of Ignatius (Kaufmann Publishing, 2005), From Here to Babylon (Grey Owl Press, 2010), and A House Rejoicing (Grey Owl Press, 2012).
His work from 1993 to date is archived electronically and in print at the library of Ave Maria University, Ave Maria, Florida, along with newspaper clippings, published books, recorded readings, and personal papers.
His poetry is presented every week on his web site: www.pavelspoetry.com. His poems about the Spanish painter Francisco Goya can be seen at: www.homagetogoya.com, and his photography is presented at pavel.romancatholic.org.
