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LIFE IN POETRY
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LIFE IN POETRY Pb - 2008

by FU,DU

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  • Title LIFE IN POETRY
  • Author FU,DU
  • Binding pb
  • Edition First Edition
  • Condition New
  • Pages 256
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
  • Date 2008-11-04
  • Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Maps, Price on Product - Canadian, Table of Contents
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 9780375711602
  • ISBN 9780375711602 / 0375711600
  • Weight 0.61 lbs (0.28 kg)
  • Dimensions 7.92 x 5.24 x 0.73 in (20.12 x 13.31 x 1.85 cm)
  • Themes
    • Cultural Region: Asian - General
    • Cultural Region: Asian - Chinese
  • Library of Congress subjects Du, Fu
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2008016773
  • Dewey Decimal Code 895.113

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David Young has written ten books of poetry, including Black Lab (2006), At the White Window (2000), and The Planet on the Desk: Selected and New Poems (1991). He has also translated the poems of Petrarch and Eugenio Montale. A past winner of Guggenheim and NEA fellowships and a Pushcart Prize, he is the Longman Professor Emeritus of English and Creative Writing at Oberlin College, and the editor of the Field Poetry Series at Oberlin College Press. He lives in Oberlin, Ohio.

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Excerpt

17. REMEMBERING LI BAI ON A SPRING DAYI know no poetry to equal hishis mind must be uniquefreshness of Yu XinBao Zhao’s delicacyas I watch the trees leaf outhere, north of the Weihe’s probably gazing at sunsetthere, east of the Yangziwhen can we sharea pot of wine againtalk on and on about poetryuntil it’s nearly daybreak?21. FRIENDSHIPA flick of the handand it’s rain or stormwherever I lookchange and ficklenessthe old ideal of friendshipas loyalty and permanencehas turned into dirtunder our feet.23–24. A SUMMER OUTINGIHow nice to board the bargeas the sun meets the horizonthe breeze picks upthe water rippleswe sail past grovesof thick bambooand anchor in the coolof water liliesthe young men mixsome icy drinksthe girls are slicinglotus rootsbut the clouds right overheadgrow blackrain makes me rushmy poem.IIThe shower wets the bencheswe were sitting onthe wind blows hardand rocks the boatthe southern girls’red skirts drenchedthe northern beautiesseem to have ruined their makeupthe mooring linesaws and cuts the willowthe barge’s curtains are soakedfrom breaking wavesour going homewill be wet and chillyas if we were having autumnright in the heart of summer.

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  • Publishers Weekly, 11/17/2008, Page 44

About the author

David Young has written ten books of poetry, including Black Lab (2006), At the White Window (2000), and The Planet on the Desk Selected and New Poems (1991). He has also translated the poems of Petrarch and Eugenio Montale. A past winner of Guggenheim and NEA fellowships and a Pushcart Prize, he is the Longman Professor Emeritus of English and Creative Writing at Oberlin College, and the editor of the Field Poetry Series at Oberlin College Press. He lives in Oberlin, Ohio.