I think poetry has lost an awful lot of its muscle because nobody knows any. Nobody has to memorize poetry.

  • -- Peter Davison 彼得·戴维森

我认为诗歌已经失去了很多力量,因为没有人知道。没有人需要背诵诗歌。

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A man is a poet if difficulties inherent in his art provide him with ideas; he is not a poet if they deprive him of ideas.

如果艺术中固有的困难能给人以灵感,那么人就是诗人;如果他们剥夺了他的思想,他就不是诗人。

Writing a book of poetry is like dropping a rose petal down the Grand Canyon and waiting for the echo

写一本诗集就像把一片玫瑰花瓣扔进大峡谷,等待回音