Li Bai Rides a Celestial Dolphin Home

by Tom Sexton

"On the night Li Bai tried to embrace the moon / in its fullness on the surface of the Yangtze River, / blossoms scented the air, and beyond the moon / pale stars powdered the sky. That faint shiver / of white near the surface was a dolphin rising. / I carry a book of his poems whenever I travel, / poems that touch the heart like a gentle snow. / Look, over there in that marsh, a snowy egret rising."

​The day after their wedding, Tom...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1602233640
• ISBN13: 9781602233645
• Release Date: November 2018
• Publisher: University of Alaska Press
• Length: 60 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 5.8" x 9.1"