Equivalence

by Pai, Shin Yu

• ISBN13: 9781888809411
• ISBN10: 1888809418
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-10-01
• Publisher: Univ of New Mexico Pr

Summary

What fascinates me most about Shin Yu Pai's work is the sense that, while it is informed by various genres and various histories, what we encounter here is new, even tentative' in the very old sense: that is, in the sense of being an attempt,' but also tempting.' There is an element of daring in this work which gives a paradoxical authority to its language: a combination of humility, subtlety, and risk - Bin Ramke. "Her poems honor their imagist heritage by making it new" - William Corbett. 9781888809428 P

Table of Contents

Fall Aster with Firefly	13	(1)
The Gathering at the Orchid Pavilion	14	(2)
An Abbreviated History on the Way of Tea	16	(2)
Stars	18	(1)
Cormorant Fishing	19	(1)
The Pilot	20	(1)
It Was a Clear Moonlit Night	21	(1)
True or False	22	(2)
Things Which Give Pleasure	24	(1)
Open Me Carefully	25	(1)
Recipe for Paper	26	(2)
H	28	(1)
An Explanation of Magic	29	(1)
Kites	30	(1)
Blauer Himmer	31	(1)
Color Study	32	(3)
Freehand	35	(1)
Feedback	36	(2)
A Conversation between Huidobro and Braque	38	(1)
Milkstone	39	(1)
Number 14	40	(2)
Poem	42	(2)
Jump	44	(2)
Reel	46	(2)
De Stijl	48	(2)
Heart-Shaped Box	50	(2)
Groundwind	52	(1)
Equivalent	53	(1)
Poem for Art Handlers	54	(1)
Yes Yoko Ono	55	(7)
Circle, Triangle, Square	62	(1)
A Fly Lands on the Great Eastern Sun	63	(1)
Meditation on Frank O'Hara	64	(2)
Sainte Terrer	66	(2)
Wash, Cut, and Dry	68	(1)
The Baptism	69	(1)
Monasticism	70	(1)
Tea with Omar	71	(1)
Instant Karma	72	(2)
Office Feng Shui	74	(1)
Mosaic	75	(1)
Fruit They Had in Common	76	(1)
A Type of Fish	77	(1)
Transience	78	(2)
The Customer	80	(2)
Feed	82	(2)
World vs. Bromberg	84	(2)
Trappings	86	(1)
Trompe L'oiel	87	(1)
Angel from Mexicali	88	(1)
March	89	(1)
Dog Story	90	(1)
How to Eat Sugarcane	91	(1)
Flight	92	(2)
Untitled	94	(1)
Elegy	95