What the Cuckoo Said

<p>Volume II What the Cuckoo Said explores Southern Song Dynasty poets. A celebrated woman poet strikes the first note. After her comes a thematic chapter Blood Red the Raging River a poem attributed to the legendary hero Yue Fei followed by a surprisingly sentimental patriotic poet and a couple of his easy-going contemporaries. Next comes a rebellious woman branded as fallen and neglected for centuries. The volume ends with the romantic and passionate Dragon of the era.</p><p></p><p>Susan Wan Dolling brings her third volume on Song Dynasty poets another rich tapestry of history culture and lyrical beauty.</p>