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Monthly Archives: November 2010
THE “ESSENTIAL WORDS” TECHNIQUE IN NIGHT MOORING AT MAPLE BRIDGE
My purpose is not to discuss Chinese poetry in any academic sense. Instead, it is to show how certain characteristics of old Chinese Nature poetry may be used in writing English Nature poetry. The most significant of these tools is, … Continue reading
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Tagged Chang Chi, Chinese poetry, Cold Mountain Temple, composing poetry, crows, frost, Maple Bridge, nature, Night Mooring, poem, poetry, river, sleeplessness, Suzhou, winter poems, Zhang Ji
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MORE ON USING “CHINESE” TECHNIQUE IN ENGLISH POETRY
In looking over past statistics for this site, I noticed that one of the most frequented postings was on writing “Chinese poetry” in English. Of course what is meant by that is poetry written in English, but using the form … Continue reading
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Tagged Arthur Waley, autumn, Chinese poetry, nature, Poems, spirituality, T'ao Ch'ien, Tao Qian, winter, writing
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THE LAST OF HOKKU HERE?
I have long made no secret of the fact that in my view, the hokku tradition of Japan was greatly distorted when it was introduced to the West as “haiku.” Instead of paying attention to R. H. Blyth, Westerners instead … Continue reading
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Tagged falling snow, haikai, hokku, Katsuri, nature, Poems, poetry, verse, winter, zen
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