The Paul Bunyan Ballroom

Long overdue Bud Backens The Paul Bunyan Ballroom is by its very nature as BIG as a ballroom. It feels as if ones mind is dancing the tango or an old French waltz reading/hearing these poems. His careful use of language & line-breaks & an internal rhyme & rhythm create a pronounced musicality inside the inside (etymology: mythology) of this book with subtle humor comic/tragic situational realities with surprising honest imagery & a down-to-earth perspective (which may be extraterrestrial). -- Ron Androla author of Confluence