There's a crystallization that goes on in a poem which the young man can bring off, but which the middle-aged man can't.

  • -- John Updike 约翰·厄普代克

在一首诗中有一个结晶,年轻人可以做到,但中年人做不到。

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Poetry is a beautiful way of spoiling prose, and the laborious art of exchanging plain sense for harmony.

诗歌是一种破坏散文的美丽方式,也是一种用平淡的感觉换取和谐的费力艺术。

Poems are a hotline to our hearts, and we forget this emotional power at our peril.

诗歌是我们心灵的热线,如果我们忘记了这种情感力量,我们就会陷入危险。