My old teacher's definition of poetry is an attempt to understand.

  • -- Thom Gunn 冈恩

我的老老师对诗歌的定义是一种理解的尝试。

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It is not to be forgotten that what we call rational grounds for our beliefs are often extremely irrational attempts to justify our instincts.

不可忘记的是,我们所谓的信仰的理性基础,往往是为我们的本能辩护的极度非理性的尝试。

A poem begins as a lump in the throat, a sense of wrong, a homesickness, a lovesickness.

一首诗开始于哽咽,一种错误的感觉,一种乡愁,一种相思。

Each individual piece is a calculated attempt to entice women to add to their wardrobe.

每一件衣服都是经过精心设计的,旨在吸引女性增加自己的衣橱。

Given the choice between the experience of pain and nothing, I would choose pain.

如果让我在痛苦和一无所有之间做出选择,我会选择痛苦。