Message from jluesse

[Anonymous]

if there are any english teachers out there that teach modernist poetry you can use a few ezra pound poems to connect the students to asia. pound translated three li po poems (Jewel Stairs' Grievance, Taking Leave of a Friend, and The River-Merchant's Wife). i have taught The River-Merchant's Wife and have found success-both as a model of imagist poetry as well as a bridge to Chinese history, geography and culture. comparing the pound and waley translations might be interesting too. also, when teaching In a Station of the Metro, it is nice to introduce the hokku, as it appears to have influenced pound greatly. i also believe asian art compliments these poems.