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We turned an anthem into an assignment, a poem into a job description.
我们把一首赞歌变成了一项任务，把一首诗变成了一份工作描述。
— Rachel Held Evans 瑞秋·赫尔德·埃文斯
同一主题，不同的表达
更多好句 ↗Only truthful hands write true poems. I cannot see any basic difference between a handshake and a poem.
只有真正的手才能写出真正的诗。我看不出握手和诗歌有什么本质区别。
Paul Celan
保罗·策兰
Usually a poem takes shape accoustically - a line or a pair of lines will repeat itself in my ear.
通常，一首诗的结构是符合实际的——一行或两行诗会在我的耳边重复。
Thomas Lynch
托马斯·林奇
You should always be trying to write a poem you are unable to write, a poem you lack the technique, the language, the courage to achieve. Otherwise you're merely imitating yourself, going nowhere, because that's always easiest
你应该一直尝试写一首你写不出来的诗，一首你缺乏技巧、语言、勇气去实现的诗。否则你只是在模仿自己，什么都不做，因为这总是最简单的
John Berryman
约翰·贝里曼
The poem is a form of texting... it's the original text. It's a perfecting of a feeling in language - it's a way of saying more with less, just as texting is.
这首诗是一种短信……这是原文。这是一种语言情感的完善——就像发短信一样，这是用更少的钱说更多的话的一种方式。
Carol Ann Duffy
卡罗尔·安·达菲
Poems are difficult to silence.
诗是难以沉默的。
Stephen Greenblatt
格林布拉特
The "I" in the poem is not you but someone who knows a lot about you.
诗中的“我”不是你，而是一个很了解你的人。
Marvin Bell
马文·贝尔