Some poems arrive like a sudden tide — they rise in your heart before you even understand why. The River-Merchant’s Wife: A Letter, written by Li Bai in the 8th century and translated by Ezra Pound in 1915, came to me that way. When I read it for the first time, something inside me stilled.Continue reading "The River-Merchant’s Wife: A Letter By Li Bai (Li Po), translated by Ezra Pound (1915)"| Rebecca's Reading Room
This morning, I invite you to linger with a poet who might be unfamiliar: Elizabeth Madox Roberts, born in 1881 in rural Kentucky. Though she became widely known for her modernist novels, she also wrote poetry that carried the cadence of the fields, the garden rows, and the voices of children at play. She livedContinue reading "Meeting up with Elizabeth Madox Roberts"| Rebecca's Reading Room