Flash Cards: Selected Poems from Yu Jian's Anthology of Notes

by Yu Jian, Ron Padgett, Wang Ping

Flash Cards is a primer of modern Chinese life, constructing a complex philosophical vision from swatches of daily events and observations. As Yu Jian has written about his own work: "It is possible to see eternity--to see everything--in a teacup or a sweet wrapper. Everything in the world is poetry."

An eighteen-year-old college girl
walks to class on a spring morning
rosy cheeks long legs
inside a wool skirt
only a...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0981552153
• ISBN13: 9780981552156
• Release Date: September 2010
• Publisher: Zephyr Press
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.53 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.4" x 8.0"