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Songs of Love, Moon, & Wind: Poems from the Chinese

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Songs of Love, Moon, & Wind: Poems from the Chinese

â€œNothing stands still in this poetry: the wind blows the trees, the lake water ripples and the ever-present road runs in and out of the hills.â€â€”American Poetry Review

Moss covered paths between scarlet peonies,

Pale jade mountains fill your rustic windows.

I envy you, drunk with flowers,

Butterflies swirling in your dreams.

â€”Châ€™ien Châ€™i

This exquisite gift book offers a wide sampling of Chinese verse, from the first century to our own time, beginning with the lyric poetry of Tu Fu, moving to the folk songs of the Six Dynasties Period, on to the Sung Dynasty, and to the present. Also represented are some of the best-known women of Chinese poetry, including Li Ching-chao and Chu Shu-chen. These simple, accessible but profound poems come through to us with a breathtaking immediacy in Kenneth Rexrothâ€™s English versionsâ€”a wonderful gift for any lover of poetry.
Country USA
Manufacturer New Directions
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2009-04-21
Format Kindle eBook
EANs 9780811224055

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