The Wine Cup

by Richard Berengarten

Sonnet-sequences have a history of nearly 1,000 years. But a sequence of villanelles? Here, perhaps for the first time ever in English, is a suite of twenty-four of them. The delicate instrument of the villanelle is played, lightly and gently, to salute Tao Yuanming, Chinese poet, Daoist, recluse, and a great Lord of Wine, who lived more than 1,500 years ago.

"In these beautiful, lucid poems, Richard Berengarten exploits the scope of the villanelle...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1848618506
• ISBN13: 9781848618503
• Release Date: September 2022
• Publisher: Shearsman Books
• Length: 36 Pages
• Weight: 0.13 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 5.5" x 8.5"