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

Songs of Love, Moon, & Wind: Poems from the Chinese
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Publisher : New Directions Publishing
Total Pages : 100
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ISBN-10 : 9780811224055
ISBN-13 : 0811224058
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Book Synopsis Songs of Love, Moon, & Wind: Poems from the Chinese by : Eliot Weinberger

Download or read book Songs of Love, Moon, & Wind: Poems from the Chinese written by Eliot Weinberger and published by New Directions Publishing. This book was released on 2009-04-21 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Nothing 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.”—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. —Ch’ien Ch’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 Rexroth’s English versions—a wonderful gift for any lover of poetry.


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