Thursday, September 15, 2022

A gift for living

The great Chinese poet Li Po who wrote to his friend,
the other of the greatest of the T'ang dynasty poets, Tu Fu:

    "Thank you for letting me read your new poems.
                It was like being alive twice."

                             Robert Haas, Washington Post 1996

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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