The urge to write poetry is like having an itch. When the itch becomes annoying enough, you scratch it.

  • -- Robert Penn Warren 沃伦

写诗的冲动就像发痒一样。当痒得够烦人的时候,你就挠它。

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Poetry is the journal of the sea animal living on land, wanting to fly in the air. Poetry is a search for syllables to shoot at the barriers of the unknown and the unknowable. Poetry is a phantom script telling how rainbows are made and why they go away.

诗歌是生活在陆地上的海洋动物想要在空中飞翔的日记。诗歌是对音节的探索,旨在冲破未知和不可知的障碍。诗歌是一种虚幻的剧本,讲述彩虹是如何形成的,为什么会消失。

What I would do is when I was younger I would draw in a sketch book something that happened in my life and then write a little something on the side about what happened or what the story.

我年轻的时候会在速写本上画一些我生活中发生的事情然后在旁边写一些关于发生了什么或者故事的东西。

You like someone who can't like you back because unrequited love can be survived in a way that once-requited love cannot.

你喜欢一个不会再喜欢你的人,因为单相思可以用曾经单相思所不能的方式存活下来。

Someone who can write aphorisms should not fritter away his time in essays.

能写格言的人不应该把时间浪费在随笔上。

The art of living is more like wrestling than dancing.

生活的艺术与其说是舞蹈,不如说是摔跤。

The poet is a liar who always speaks the truth.

诗人是个说谎者,他总是说真话。