Listening All Night to the Rain: Selected Poems of Su Dongpo (Su Shi) by Dongpo, Su
Listening All Night to the Rain: Selected Poems of Su Dongpo (Su Shi) by Dongpo, Su

Listening All Night to the Rain: Selected Poems of Su Dongpo (Su Shi)

We find timeless expressions of human experience in the poems of Su Dongpo (1037-1101), translated with grace...
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Listening All Night to the Rain: Selected Poems of Su Dongpo (Su Shi) by Dongpo, Su

Listening All Night to the Rain: Selected Poems of Su Dongpo (Su Shi)

$309.20
Listening All Night to the Rain: Selected Poems of Su Dongpo (Su Shi) by Dongpo, Su

Listening All Night to the Rain: Selected Poems of Su Dongpo (Su Shi)

$309.20
Author: Su Dongpo
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Description

We find timeless expressions of human experience in the poems of Su Dongpo (1037-1101), translated with grace and power by Lin and Young. We follow Dongpo through his life of multiple political exiles. From early in his life he ponders the transitory nature of reality with beauty and a sober lightness:


"back to those earlier scenes / and the clouds of yellow dust along the roads"
"I lean on the railing, / my spirit flies away, / and I can't call it back"
"The red-skirted beauty / turns into a fairy // the long flute carries / a lasting note of sadness"
"our only worries? / Moonset / and empty cups" (Poems 1, 7, 34, & 45)


Past mid-life a new perspective grows with energy, laughter, and tears:


"Chilly spring air / for ten days / I haven't stepped out of the house // and so I didn't notice / how the willows have turned green / stroking the whole village // ... // This day one year ago / I walked a long way / through mountain roads and passes // the plum blossoms / shining in the drizzle / nearly broke my heart." (Poem 50)


Su Dongpo's sigh of older age carries a tender resolve laced with measured sorrow:


"I'm like a little boat / sensing an expanse / of endless water // here under groves of trees / face to face in the bedroom / listening all night to the rain" (Poem 83)



Author: Su Dongpo
Publisher: Pinyon Publishing
Published: 05/04/2020
Pages: 288
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.94lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.65d
ISBN: 9781936671625

About the Author
Dongpo, Su: - A thousand years separate us from this Su Dongpo (1037-1101), and yet his voice, despite large differences of language, culture, and geography, feels fresh, immediate, and intimate. That is partly an eloquent testimony to the power of poetry to overcome time and change. Certain aspects of human experience are universal; a good poet understands that and can use it to advantage.Lin, Jiann I.: - Jiann I. Lin was born in 1940 in Taipei, Taiwan and became interested in reading, history, and classical Chinese literature in middle school. He received BA in English from National Taiwan University-Taipei. In 1963 he arrived in the U.S. for graduate studies (MA in History, University of Wisconsin-Madison; MLS in Library Science, State University of New York at Albany). He served for 38 years in the Oberlin College Library East Asian Collection and is an Emeritus East Asian Specialist Librarian.Young, David: - David Young's new and selected poems is Field of Light and Shadow. His most recent books are The King's a Beggar: A Study of Shakespeare's Epilogues, and Moon as Bright as Water: 17 poems by Qin Guan. He taught for many years at Oberlin College. His friends through translation include Miroslav Holub, Petrarch, Du Fu, Rilke, and Paul Celan.

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