![]() So many moon references (that beauty) and so many war references (that ugliness). Their utter attention to their world, its beauty and its ugliness. And when I think of these two Chinese poets, especially Li Po, I think of characters who ate, slept, drank (and drank some more and then more) and breathed poetry. Maybe a small poem but when you mention the two best known T’ang dynasty poets of the 8th C you have just blown the size of the poem up into something close to endless. yes, yes and yes, again! To be that immersed in this singular passion! I am not. ![]() Making more shelf space for poetry books, my Sisyphean task more often than I like to admit, I came across the small gem beauty of a poem by distinguished U.K. T’ang Dynasty poet Du Fu The Poetry after Li Poĭon Paterson (1963 – ) from Rain, Faber & Faber, 2009 ![]()
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