The Third Mandarin by Frank Kuppner Carol Ann Duffy Here are odes to the

Here are odes to the women who dared to break new ground – from Miss Jemima Morrell

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poems that stem from travels abroad

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The Third Mandarin by Frank Kuppner Carol Ann Duffy Here are odes to theFrank Kuppner's The Third Mandarin is made of 501 quatrains divided into five 'books'. Taken together, they collage an alternative Imperial China of drunk poets, grumpy sages, and sex starved emperors. Along the way Kuppner riffs on myriad forms, from love letters and prophecies to drinking songs and graffiti. As a storyteller, Kuppner sticks faithfully to the path of least significance. His is a poetry of things that might happen in a minute or two,