Great Regulars: You've finished the poem and it seems to work--

but it's not yours any more. Whose is it? "If I could tell you I would let you know." All I know is that, as I browse the supermarket aisles of contemporary poetry, too few of the poems seem to bear the mark of that humbling moment.

If you're interested in knowing more about avant garde Chinese poetry, Michael Day writes interestingly here, and you can read more of Zeng Di and other Chinese poets in PN Review 187. Thanks to the editor for permission to reproduce this poem.

The One Hundred Years of Solitude of Chinese Poetry

from Carol Rumens: The Guardian: Books blog: Poem of the week: The One Hundred Years of Solitude of Chinese Poetry by Zeng Di

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