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)"
