My Name Will Grow Wide Like a Tree: Selected Poems- Yi Lei

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My Name Will Grow Wide Like a Tree: Selected Poems- Yi LeiPassionate, rigorous, and inimitable, the poems in My Name Will Grow Wide Like a Tree celebrate the joys of the body, ponder the miracle of compassion, and proclaim an abiding reverence for the natural world. Presented in the original Chinese alongside English translations by Changtai Bi and Pulitzer Prizewinning poet Tracy K. Smith, this collection introduces American readers to a boundless spiritone composing an explosion.

and Whitman scholar Karen Karbiener reconstructs the story of the poetic cluster’s creation and destruction

I'll never be quiet

then himself

Most of the students don't look like him

showcases Momaday's extraordinary lyrical talent and his own intimate connection to the natural world

and all of them quickly forgotten

Title: Miss Moon Lesson 18: Nurture The Environment And You Will Never Be Hungry

But as he grew older and traveled the world

Steeped in untold history and Chinese folklore

Never mind if used as a taxi on a daily basis

Filled with powerful examples of engaged action he himself has undertaken

and cruelty were it not for the strength of his mother and the kindness of a stranger