The poet's other readers are the ancient poets, who look upon the freshly written pages from an incorruptible distance. Their poetic forms are permanent, and it is difficult to create new forms which can approach them.

  • -- Salvatore Quasimodo 萨瓦多尔·夸西莫多

诗人的其他读者是古代诗人,他们从不朽的距离看新写的书页。他们的诗歌形式是永恒的,很难创造出新的形式来接近他们。

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And some poets are far better read off the page because they're very bad speakers. I'm thinking of one in particular whom I won't name, a good poet, and he reads in such a dry, boring way, your eyes start drooping.

有些诗人更擅长即兴朗读,因为他们不擅长演讲。我特别想到了一位我不愿指名画姓的诗人,他读起来枯燥无味,你的眼睛开始耷拉下来。

Many poets write books. They'll tell you: Well, I've got my next book, but there are two poems I need to write, one about x, one about y. This is a wonder to me.

许多诗人写书。他们会告诉你:好吧,我有我的下一本书,但是有两首诗我需要写,一首关于x,一首关于y,这对我来说是一个奇迹。