Waiting for the Moon

The Tang Dynasty was the golden age of Chinese poetry, and Bo Juyi is generally acclaimed as one of China s greatest poets. For him, writing poetry was a way to expose the ills of society; his was the poetry of everyday human concerns. His poems have an appealing style, written with a deliberate simplicity. They were extremely popular in his lifetime, in both China and Japan, and they continue to be read in both countries today."