Songs of Love, Moon, & Wind: Poems from the Chinese
“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,...
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“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
\ Bloomsbury ReviewOne of Rexroth's greatest achievements as a translator and monumental figure in world letters.”— Ray Gonzalez\ \ \ \ \ Christian Science Monitor“Rexroth seems to know what is under every stone even before he looks.”\ \ \ The Nation“Rexroth sees the eternal in the instant . . . . His is the art to accept the vastness of life and give us his purest sense of it, serene, open.”\ \ \ \ \ RALPH MagazineThe subtlety of these eighty translations betrays a richer side of [Rexroth's] character...worthy of our attention and affection.”— Wah Eng\ \ \ \ \ Ray Gonzalez - Bloomsbury Review“One of Rexroth's greatest achievements as a translator and monumental figure in world letters.”\ \ \ \ \ Wah Eng - RALPH Magazine“The subtlety of these eighty translations betrays a richer side of [Rexroth's] character...worthy of our attention and affection.”\ \
