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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The trouble with the performance poets is that they don't seem to have read anything. So there is not a real sense of the poetic tradition in their work.

表演诗人的问题在于他们似乎没有读过任何东西。所以他们的作品中没有真正意义上的诗歌传统。

A true relationship is like a river, the deeper it gets, the less noise it makes...

真正的感情就像一条河流,越深,发出的噪音就越小。

It is Homer who has chiefly taught other poets the art of telling lies skilfully.

荷马主要教导其他诗人巧妙地说谎的艺术。

I love being in a relationship, but marriage isn't for me.

我喜欢谈恋爱,但婚姻不适合我。