“The prose poem Walk The Red Road is great stuff and deserves to be read aloud. It compares quite favorably to The Walls Of Emerald by Li Chiang Yen, a Chinese poet of the late Tang period.” StuffWalksPoetWallPeriodsLateDeserveRedChineseCompareProseEmeralds Author:Brian Aldiss
“Some moralist or mythological poet Compares the solitary soul to a swan; I am satisfied with that, Satisfied if a troubled mirror show it, Before that brief gleam of its life be gone.” IfsSoulShowsLife IsBeautyGonePoetMirrorsProofSatisfiedCompareSolitarySwansGleamMoralist Book:The Collected Poems of W. B. Yeats Source: The Collected Poems of W. B. Yeats
“It is hard to compare cultures without overgeneralizing, but I think a lot of American poetry has an assertiveness - an upbeat quality - that's less typical of Canadian poetry. Of course there are poets in both countries to whom that generalization does not apply. Speaking broadly, I'd describe Canadians as being a bit more reserved than Americans. Not less opinionated - just less direct.” ThinkingCountryCultureQualityPoetDirectCompareAssertivenessUpbeat Author:James Arthur