Poetry at Sangam
Poetry at Sangam showcases poetry in English and translations as well as essays on poetics and news of new releases.
Huang E was born in the Sichuan province, into a wealthy and literary backgrounds and happy marriages. Her husband Yang Shen (art name Sheng’an, 1488-1559) was an excellent scholar holding a post in the Hanlin Academy of the Ming court. Unfortunately, early in their marriage the emperor exiled Yang Shen to Yunnan for the poet-scholar’s remonstration against him, and the couple were forced to live largely apart for thirty years. They communicated by writing letters, mostly as poems. These poems by the husband and wife were collected and published as Sanqu by Mr. and Mrs.Yang Sheng’an. Sanqu is a type of verse with tonal patterns modelled on tunes drawn from folk music. Huang E’s poems are bold and sensuous; she wrote about sex and sexual desires in words that were poetic and frank but not obscene. Her literary talents, role as a chaste wife and her life as a grass widow justify her bold and erotic poems and strike a chord in readers.
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