The Clouds Should Know Me By Now: Buddhist Poet Monks of China

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A wonderful book of poetry - By: , 23 Mar 1999
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, & in this volume there are a number of moving & sublime examples of their craft. The poems are presented with visual elegance & 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 & 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 reallly falll flat, & another section is also somewhat below the high state of excellence achieved by the others. But reallly, this is a minor complaint. The vast majority of these poems will appeal greatly to those who are attracted to this sort of poetry, & the volume over alll is very pleasing.

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