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  • Du Fu

    A Life in Poetry

    Translated by David Young ...
    by Du Fu ...
    Du Fu (712–770) is one of the undisputed geniuses of Chinese poetry—still universally admired and read thirteen centuries after his death. Now David Young, author of Black Lab, and well known as a translator of Chinese poets, gives us a sparkling new translation of Du Fu’s verse, arranged to give us a tour of the life, each “chapter” of poems preceded by an introductory paragraph that situates us ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

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    Top 10 Poets, The - Eastern Romantics

    Five poems each from some of the best Romantic poets from the Eastern world

    by Rumi, Hafiz, Tagore, Khalil Gibran, Kabir, Li Po, Mirabai, Du Fu, Saadi, Farid ud-Din Attar ...
    Narrated by Richard Mitchley, Ghizela Rowe, Michael Lyons ...

    Unabridged

    1 hour 41 min

    The language of Poetry is an art that most of us attempt at some point in our lives. Although its commonplace exposure has been somewhat marginalised in today’s often fast-paced lives we all recognise good verse that can empathise with our thoughts or open us up to experience new things in new ways, to better understand and to enjoy the many strands of our lives.But finding a starting point can be ... Read more

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  • Classical Chinese Poetry

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  • Story of Chinese Zen

    by Nan Huai-Chin ...
    Translated by Thomas Cleary ...
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  • The Mountain Poems of Stonehouse

    Translated by Red Pine ...
    by Stonehouse ...
    "The Mountain Poems of Stonehouse [is] a tough-spirited book of enlightened free verse."-Kyoto JournalThe Zen master and mountain hermit Stonehouse-considered one of the greatest Chinese Buddhist poets-used poetry as his medium of instruction. Near the end of his life, monks asked him to record what he found of interest on his mountain; Stonehouse delivered to them hundreds of poems and an ... Read more

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  • The Mountain Poems of Meng Hao-Jan

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  • No-Gate Gateway

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  • Empty Chairs

    Selected Poems

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    The first publication of the poetry of Liu Xia, wife of the imprisoned Nobel Peace Prize recipient Liu Xiaobo*I didn't have a chanceto say a word before you becamea character in the news,everyone looking up to youas I was worn downat the edge of the crowdjust smokingand watching the sky.A new myth, maybe, was formingthere, but the sun was so brightI couldn't see it.*—from "June 2nd, 1989 ... ... Read more

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  • Chinese Poetic Writing

    by Francois Cheng ...
    Translated by Donald Riggs, Jerome Seaton ...
    The most inovative study of Chinese poetry ever written, François Cheng's Chinese Poetic Writing--now in its first expanded, English-language edition--is an essential read for fans and scholars of Chinese literature and the art of poetry in general.Since its first publication in French in 1977, Chinese Poetic Writing has been considered by many to be the most innovative study of Chinese poetry ... Read more

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    A one-of-a-kind collection of work by little-known Late Tang poetic master Li Shangyin.Li Shangyin is one of the foremost poets of the late Tang, but until now he has rarely been translated into English, perhaps because the esotericism and sensuality of his work set him apart from the austere masters of the Chinese literary canon. Li favored allusiveness over directness, and his poems unfurl ... Read more

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