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Forbidden City
Gail Mazur
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Description for Forbidden City
Paperback. Series: Phoenix Poets. Num Pages: 80 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 8. Weight in Grams: 272.
from “Mount Fuji”
A draughtsman’s draughtsman, Hokusai at 70
thought he’d begun to grasp the structures
of birds and beasts, insects and fish, of the way
plants grow, hoped that by 90 he’d have
penetrated to their essential nature.
And more, by 100, I will have reached the stage
where every dot, every mark I make will be
alive. You always loved that resolve, you’d repeat
joyfully—Hokusai’s utterance of faith
in work’s possibilities, its reward, that,
at 130, he’d perhaps have learned to draw.
... Read more
from “Mount Fuji”
A draughtsman’s draughtsman, Hokusai at 70
thought he’d begun to grasp the structures
of birds and beasts, insects and fish, of the way
plants grow, hoped that by 90 he’d have
penetrated to their essential nature.
And more, by 100, I will have reached the stage
where every dot, every mark I make will be
alive. You always loved that resolve, you’d repeat
joyfully—Hokusai’s utterance of faith
in work’s possibilities, its reward, that,
at 130, he’d perhaps have learned to draw.
... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
80
Condition
New
Series
Phoenix Poets
Publication date
2016
Number of Pages
72
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226349565
SKU
V9780226349565
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Ref
99-50
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