Chinese poetry -- Tibetan poetry -- Du Fu -- Li Bo -- Li Qingzhao -- Meng Haoran -- Ruan Ji -- Tao Qian -- Wang Wei -- Xie Lingyun -- Indian English poetry -- Postcolonial poetry -- Agha Shahid Ali -- Vikram Seth -- Rabindranath Tagore -- Valmiki -- Japanese poetry to 1800 -- Japanese poetry since 1800 -- Issa -- Matsuo Basho -- Kenji Miyazawa -- Mitsuye Yamada -- Yosano Akiko.
Summary
Profiles major poets throughout history and the world, including analyses of their significant individual poems or collections. Discusses influential Asian poets such as Marilyn Chin, Wang Wei, Matsuo Basho, and Kenji Miyazawa.