150 Poem

Can a poem be described as a temple of speech?

ShaoLan talks with Edward Shenderovich about poetry and how it is constructed, as well as some cultural similarities between Russian and Chinese poetry. Listen to Edward recite a verse of his own Russian poetry and ShaoLan recite poetry from the legendary Chinese poet Li Bai (李白)!

The word for poem in Chinese is 詩/诗 which includes 言 the word for speech and 寺 which is the word for temple!