The Clouds Should Know Me By Now: Buddhist Poet Monks of China |
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Pages: 208 (Paperback)
Editor: Red Pine; Mike O'Connor
ISBN: 0861711432
Pub: Wisdom Publications,U.S.
Pub date: 1998-11-01
Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 250512
Reader Reviews:
A wonderful book of poetry (9/10 people found this helpful)
Wisdom Publications has done it again: another lovely book that brings out the best in an Eastern tradition. The tradition this time is the poetry of Chinese Buddhist monks, and in this volume there are a number of moving and sublime examples of their craft. The poems are presented with visual elegance and an unobtrusive scholarship that makes the volume even more noteworthy. My only objection stems from the organization of the book, wherein six different contributors each choose a poet or group of poets to translate and present. I am not knowledgable enough to know whether it is the fault of the original poets or that of the translators, but the poems in one section really fall flat, and another section is also somewhat below the high state of excellence achieved by the others. But really, this is a minor complaint. The vast majority of these poems will appeal greatly to those who are attracted to this sort of poetry, and the volume over all is very pleasing.
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