I Don't Believe in Ghosts: Poems from Meduza

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Summary

Banned in Albania from 1974 to 1995, this collection introduces a seminal world poet to US readers.

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Introduction	p. 11
1970
Poetry	p. 23
Orchestra	p. 25
I Don't Believe in Ghosts	p. 27
1971
Trouble	p. 31
Mayakovskian Motive	p. 35
Apotheosis of the Eyes	p. 37
Intimate	p. 39
Motive	p. 41
The Moon Sings	p. 43
Ten Dolphins	p. 45
The Man with the Pipe	p. 47
Fall in Tirana	p. 51
The Leaves	p. 53
Chewing Gum	p. 55
In a Beauty Parlor	p. 57
The Silence	p. 59
Tonight	p. 61
An Explication of the Word Loneliness	p. 63
Survival	p. 65
South	p. 67
1972
A Little Joke	p. 71
Dialogue	p. 73
Childhood	p. 75
The Marionette	p. 77
On a Beach	p. 79
The Hours	p. 81
The Miracle of Death	p. 82
Ephemera	p. 85
The Mermaid	p. 87
The Old Well	p. 89
An Alpine Legend	p. 91
Poplars by the Lake	p. 93
Again	p. 95
For the Arrival	p. 97
The Hat	p. 99
1973
Motive	p. 103
Open	p. 105
Fear	p. 107
The Life	p. 109
Lyric	p. 111
The Canon	p. 113
Who Are You?	p. 115
Who?	p. 117
The Weathercock	p. 119
Untitled	p. 121
Image from an Ancient Ballad	p. 123
Postscript for a Legend	p. 125
The Letter	p. 127
Time	p. 129
Don't Talk to Me!	p. 131
The Wind	p. 133
Dusk	p. 135
From the Pores of my Skin	p. 137
When You Read	p. 139
The Free Word	p. 141
Grotesque Motive	p. 143
1974
Beauty	p. 147
Medusa	p. 149
Cactuses and Orchids	p. 151
After the Separation	p. 153
When I'm Alone	p. 155
The Indolent Man	p. 157
I Try to Travel	p. 159
Telephone	p. 161
Chairs	p. 163
If	p. 165
Signature	p. 167
Acknowledgments	p. 169
About the Author	p. 171
About the Translators	p. 173
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