The relation between a poet and audience is really insignificant. What matters is the poet is hearing something that he is broadcasting. And whether there is anybody with a receiver isn't the reason he does it. He hopes there is somebody receiving it.

  • -- Peter Davison 彼得·戴维森

诗人和观众之间的关系实在是微不足道。重要的是诗人听到了他正在传播的东西。他这么做的原因不是是否有人带着听筒。他希望有人收到它。

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Dealing with poetry is a daunting task, simply because the reason one does it as an editor at all is because one is constantly coming to terms with one's own understanding of how to understand the world.

处理诗歌是一项艰巨的任务,原因很简单,一个人做编辑的原因是,他不断地接受自己对如何理解世界的理解。

And there are a lot more people reading poetry, but there are not so many people reading an individual poet.

读诗的人很多,但读一个诗人的人却不多。

Environmentalists have a very conflicted relationship with their cars.

环保主义者与他们的汽车之间有着非常矛盾的关系。

I wish I had a great relationship with my mother.

我希望我和我妈妈的关系很好。