Yvan Goll is one of the great lyric poets and authors of the twentieth century.

CONTENTSPreface (Thomas Rain Crowe)¿¿¿¿¿¿."LOOKING FOR DRAGONSMOKEContentsIDragonsmoke¿Robert Bly has become, over his several lifetimes of ink and words, a force of geological genius, transforming the landscape of poetry and culture in ways that set him beside the Old Masters and anonymous teachers whose praises his lines so often sing. This book carries its own lantern of bioluminescence, an alchemical music and knowledge, and Bly¿s ferocious thirst, needed now more than ever.¿ Jane HirshfieldSix Disciplines That Intensify PoetryLooking for DragonsmokeIIThe Imperfect Is Our ParadiseThe Work of Jane HirshfieldWallace Stevens and Dr. JekyllMy Doubts About WhitmanUpward into the DepthsRilke and the HolyJames Wright¿s Clarity and ExtravaganceA Few Notes on Antonio Machado
William Stafford and the Golden ThreadSome Rumors About KabirThe Surprises in GhalibIIIOpinions and JudgmentsA Wrong Turning in American PoetryWhen Literary Life Was Still Piled Up in a Few PlacesThe Eight Stages of TranslationIVThoreau and WildnessThoreau and WildnessIntroduction viButterfly and FlowersI.II.III.IV.Blossoms fade in withered red and apricots are tiny 1I recall our first meeting by the peacock screen 3Petals flutter down without wind 5The face of spring glows after rain 7V. Lights flooded Hangzhou on the Fifteenth Night 9The Water SongRoll up brocade curtains at sunset 11When did the bright moon come into being 13Murmurs ripple between boy and girl 15Southern CountrysideFrost is on the ground and the river has shrunk 17My gaze darkens the cup that sends off spring 19I looked back at the jumbled ridges 21A jade goblet captures late afternoon landscape 23Calming the Wind and WavesIgnore the sounds piercing trees and beating leaves 25I envy a certain man refined as carved jade 27The Court Fills With FragranceAfter thirty-three years 29Fame fits in a snail's horn 31¿Return to where I belong¿ 33Sand of the Washing StreamCrimson warmth of sunset lured fish to the surface 35The stream bathes orchid sprouts down the mountain 37They rouged in a whirl to go governor watching 39Ten thousand acres of wintry waves erased my memory 41Soft grass and flat sedge freshen after rain 43Date blossoms rain onto my clothes 45The wind flies fast clouds low over the water 47From the River CityTen years one alive one dead we share no light 49Afraid of being seen beneath my darkened eyebrows 51Inflicted with endless pining I drift to the edge of the sky 53I saw it all and woke from the drunken dream 55The rain clears by the Phoenix Mountain 57VI. An old man lets loose some youthful wildness 59The Song of the Cave CelestialSkin of ice and bones of jade 61Eight Toned GanzhouPassionate wind sweeps tides in for a thousand miles 63DivinationA broken moon catches on a leafless phoenix tree 65Touching Up Crimson LipsRed apricot blossoms flaunt sweet scent 67Lord Ruan¿s ReturnFirst cicadas drone in leafy locusts and tall willows 69A Young Man¿s JourneyLast year I saw you off 71The Joy of Returning to CourtI dreamed I was in a little boat floating on Thunder Lake 73To the BridegroomA fledging swallow flies into the mansion 75Trimmed MagnoliaA pair of dragons rise face to face 77The Celestial by the RiverWe¿ve rekindled the hearth three times since parting 79Two handmaidens rode off on fine horses 81Sobered and got drunk again at East Hill 83The River Turns RedRivers Yangtze and Han dash from the west 85Southern SongCourtesans¿ eyebrows mirror shades of distant mountains 87Carrying wine dashed through mountain rain 89Nian Nüs CharmThe vast river rushes eastward 91Spring in Qin GardenAn oil lamp¿s blue flame haunts a lone lodge 93Celestials on the Bridge of MagpiesThe prince on Gou Mountain 95A Dream SongPass the word to East Hill 97Water Dragon ChantThey are flowers yet unlike any 99Gazing Southward of the YangtzeSpring is not yet over 101West River MoonI pass by Pingshan Hall for the third time 103Do not sigh over the desolate prairie 105A small rain patters on the balcony 107An open field shimmers with shallow waves 109Journey Through IncenseA crystal night untouched by dust 111Arm in arm we roamed the riverside village 113I ride a leaf of a boat 115The Sun PassDusk clouds vanish as a crystal chill blooms 117Eternal HappinessMoonlight frosts the night 119Zhao Jun¿s RegretSomeone channeled Huan Yi in three flute rounds 121Partridge SkyThe forest ends the mountain gleams bamboos hide walls 123The Fisherman 125Chinese Names 127"¿Surrealist Manifesto (1924)¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿...¿The Panama Canal 1914¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿.From Jean Sans Terre (1936-1939)¿American Edition: 1958 (Misc. translators)¿Jean Sans Terre Defined by Yvan Goll¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿.¿Identity of Jean Sans Terre¿ (Galway Kinnell)¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿..¿Jean Sans Terre Weds the Moon¿ (Yvan Goll)¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿Jean Sans Terre on the Bridge¿ (Kenneth Rexroth)¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿John With No Moon¿ (W.S.Merwin)¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿.¿Jean Sans Terre the Assassin¿ (Kenneth Patchen)¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿..¿Jean Sans Terre Purchases Manhattan¿ (Clark Mills)¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿.¿Jean Sans Terre Discovers the West Pole¿ (William Carlos Williams)¿¿¿¿¿¿..¿Jean Sans Terre at the Final Port¿ (William Carlos Williams)¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿From Fruit From Saturn¿Hemispheres Press, 1946¿Atom Elegy¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿From The Myth of the Pierced Rock ¿Le Mythe de la Roche Percee, 1947--(translations by Frank Jones, 1975)Preface¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿II, III, XIV, XV¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿.From Lackawanna Elegy (1947)¿Sumac Press Edition, 1970 (translations by Galway Kinnell)¿Lackawanna Elegy¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿..¿Show Boat¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿..¿Bridges¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿Lackawanna Mannahattä¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿.¿Wings of Water¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿..¿Fish of Wandering¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿.¿Brooklyn Waterfront¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿.¿Balconies Suspended Over Lackawannä¿¿¿¿..¿Lackawanna Elegy¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿..From 10,000 Dawns (Dix Milles Aubes, 1951) ¿ (translations by Thomas Rain Crowe), White Pine Press, 2005Crowe Introduction¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿..¿Your hair sets fire¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿Of all the trees in the forest¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿.¿I want to be that birch tree¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿Your eyes are everywhere¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿...¿I have grown old¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿.¿In 100 years¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿I wear you like a tattoö¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿..¿This is the season of jealousy¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿.¿O I want to complain¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿...¿We will always be alone¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿.¿You are elusive¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿10,000 Dawns¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿From Dreamweed (Traumkraut) - Limes Verlag, 1951- Black Lawrence Press, 2012 (translations by Nan Watkins)¿Alasam¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿This Holy Body¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿.¿Rosedom¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿.¿Job III¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿.¿South¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿..¿In Fields of Camphor¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿..¿The Sun Cantatä ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿..¿To Claire-Liliane¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿...¿To Claire¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿...¿The Fear Dancer¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿..¿The Rain Palace¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿From Yvan Goll: Poems--Kayak Books, Inc, 1968 (Misc. translators)¿Ode to Autumn¿ (Robert Bly)¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿.¿The Inner Trees¿ (Robert Bly)¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿.¿The Hut of Cinders¿ (George Hitchcock)¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿I Loved You in Every Blackbird¿ (George Hitchcock)¿¿¿¿..¿Do Not Call Death¿ (Paul Zweig)¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿Why Should Summer Come Back¿ (Paul Zweig)¿¿¿¿¿¿..¿Blood Rose¿ (Paul Zweig)¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿..¿The Night Is Our Dress¿ (Paul Zweig)¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿Elegy for Poor Me¿ (George Hitchcock)¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿.About the Editor¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿88