Able Muse - tony barnstone https://www.ablemuse.com/taxonomy/term/1333/1333? en Feng Zhi https://www.ablemuse.com/v22/bio/feng-zhi? <p>Feng Zhi was born Feng Chengzhi in 1905 in Hebei province. He graduated from Beijing University, where he had studied German from 1921–27 and later (1930–35), studied German philosophy and literature in Berlin and Heidelberg. He published two poetry collections, <em>Songs of Yesterday</em> (1927) and <em>Northern Wanderings and Other Poems</em> (1929), and then didn&rsquo;t publish for over a decade. He began writing again after fleeing Beijing for the south of China.<p><a href="https://www.ablemuse.com/v22/bio/feng-zhi?">read more</a></p> https://www.ablemuse.com/v22/bio/feng-zhi?#comments Bios 15. 看这一队队的驮马 able muse author bio chinese chou ping feng zhi look at those teams of pack horses poem poetry poetry translation Sonnet 15 tony barnstone translation v22 Mon, 05 Dec 2016 21:14:31 +0000 Alex Pepple 1486 at https://www.ablemuse.com Sonnet 15: Look at Those Teams of Pack Horses https://www.ablemuse.com/v22/poetry-translation/feng-zhi/sonnet-15-look-at-those-teams-of-pack-horses? <ul><ul> <p>Look at those teams of horses bent<br> with goods from far exotic places.<br> Water also carries traces<br> of silt from some strange continent.</p> <p>Wind from a thousand miles astray<br> sweeps in with sighs of foreign towns.<br> We rove through streams and hilly downs<br> that we possess then give away.</p> <p>Like flying birds that float and dive,<br> sometimes we&rsquo;re emperors of space<br> and sometimes fall through nullity.</p><p><a href="https://www.ablemuse.com/v22/poetry-translation/feng-zhi/sonnet-15-look-at-those-teams-of-pack-horses?">read more</a></p> https://www.ablemuse.com/v22/poetry-translation/feng-zhi/sonnet-15-look-at-those-teams-of-pack-horses?#comments Poetry Translation 15. 看这一队队的驮马 able muse author bio chinese chou ping feng zhi look at those teams of pack horses poem poetry poetry translation Sonnet 15 tony barnstone translation v22 Mon, 05 Dec 2016 20:59:33 +0000 Alex Pepple 1485 at https://www.ablemuse.com Tony Barnstone https://www.ablemuse.com/v22/bio/tony-barnstone? <p>Tony Barnstone is a Professor of English at Whittier College.<p><a href="https://www.ablemuse.com/v22/bio/tony-barnstone?">read more</a></p> https://www.ablemuse.com/v22/bio/tony-barnstone?#comments Bios 15. 看这一队队的驮马 able muse author bio chinese chou ping feng zhi look at those teams of pack horses poem poetry poetry translation Sonnet 15 tony barnstone translation v22 Mon, 05 Dec 2016 20:55:15 +0000 Alex Pepple 1484 at https://www.ablemuse.com Chou Ping https://www.ablemuse.com/v22/bio/chou-ping? <p>Chou Ping is a professor at the Shanghai University of Finance and Economics. He has coedited/co-translated several books with Tony Barnstone, including <em>Chinese Erotic Poetry</em> (Everyman, 2007); <em>The Anchor Book of Chinese Poetry</em> (Anchor, 2005); and <em>The Art of Writing: Teachings of the Chinese Masters </em>(Shambhala, 1996). </p> <p>&nbsp;</p><p><a href="https://www.ablemuse.com/v22/bio/chou-ping?">read more</a></p> https://www.ablemuse.com/v22/bio/chou-ping?#comments Bios 15. 看这一队队的驮马 able muse author bio chinese chou ping feng zhi look at those teams of pack horses poem poetry poetry translation Sonnet 15 tony barnstone translation v22 Mon, 05 Dec 2016 20:45:49 +0000 Alex Pepple 1483 at https://www.ablemuse.com Able Muse, Poetry, Prose & Art - Print Edition - Winter 2016 https://www.ablemuse.com/v22/index.html? <script type="text/javascript" src="/js/ggl-analytics-am.js"></script> <p> <link type="text/css" href="/sites/all/themes/zen/zenzine/front-page-rev.css" rel="stylesheet" /></p><p><a href="https://www.ablemuse.com/v22/index.html?">read more</a></p> https://www.ablemuse.com/v22/index.html?#comments Issue anna m. evans art bill coyle book reviews brooke clark ernest hilbert essays fiction gerry cambridge interviews len krisak maryann corbett mitch dobrowner nonfiction number 22 photography poetry print edition tony barnstone Sun, 20 Nov 2016 20:30:35 +0000 Alex Pepple 1463 at https://www.ablemuse.com Soon to Be Released: Able Muse, Print Edition -- Winter 2016 -- Subscription & more https://www.ablemuse.com/blogs/alex-pepple/soon-be-released-able-muse-print-edition-winter-2016-subscription-more? 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<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<em>&ldquo;Der Panther&rdquo;</em></p> <p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In the Jardin des Plantes, Paris<br> &nbsp;</p> <p>The bars pass by until his vision blurs<br> to nothing else but bars and bars again.<br> It is as if there were a . . . <br /> . . . . . . . . . .</p><p><a href="https://www.ablemuse.com/v17/poetry-translation/rainer-maria-rilke/the-panther?">read more</a></p> https://www.ablemuse.com/v17/poetry-translation/rainer-maria-rilke/the-panther?#comments Poetry Translation der panther german poetry translation rainer maria rilke the panther tony barnstone v17 Mon, 16 Jun 2014 04:09:39 +0000 Alex Pepple 1062 at https://www.ablemuse.com Sonnet 13 https://www.ablemuse.com/v17/poetry-translation/francesco-petrarch/sonnet-13? <p><em>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;Quando fra l&rsquo;altre donne ad ora ad ora&rdquo;</em></p> <p>The lovely face of Love appears to me;<br> at times among the other girls it shows.<br> As much as they&rsquo;re less beautiful than . . . <br /> . . . . . . . . . .</p><p><a href="https://www.ablemuse.com/v17/poetry-translation/francesco-petrarch/sonnet-13?">read more</a></p> https://www.ablemuse.com/v17/poetry-translation/francesco-petrarch/sonnet-13?#comments Poetry Translation francesco petrarch italian poetry translation sonnet 13 tony barnstone v17 Mon, 16 Jun 2014 03:31:21 +0000 Alex Pepple 1061 at https://www.ablemuse.com Walls https://www.ablemuse.com/v17/poetry-translation/c-p-cavafy/walls? <p><em>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;Τείχη&rdquo;</em></p> <p>With no compassion, pity, shame, they wrought<br> these massive walls around me, walls so . . . <br /> . . . . . . . . . .</p><p><a href="https://www.ablemuse.com/v17/poetry-translation/c-p-cavafy/walls?">read more</a></p> https://www.ablemuse.com/v17/poetry-translation/c-p-cavafy/walls?#comments Poetry Translation c.p. cavafy greek poetry translation tony barnstone v17 walls Τείχη Mon, 16 Jun 2014 03:07:40 +0000 Alex Pepple 1060 at https://www.ablemuse.com