A poet is a professional maker of verbal objects.

  • -- W. H. Auden 奥登

诗人是语言对象的专业制造者。

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I had a mother I could only seem to please with verbal accomplishments of some sort or another. She read constantly, so I read constantly. If I used words that might have seemed surprising at a young age, she would recognize that and it would please her.

我有一个母亲,我似乎只能用某种或另一种语言上的成就来取悦她。她经常读书,所以我也经常读书。如果我在她年轻的时候使用一些可能会让她感到惊讶的话,她会认识到这一点,并且会感到高兴。

A verbal art like poetry is reflective; it stops to think. Music is immediate, it goes on to become.

像诗歌这样的语言艺术是反思性的;它停下来思考。音乐是即时的,它会继续发展。

My father, an architectural photographer, was an incurable tinkerer, maker and mender.

我的父亲是一名建筑摄影师,是一位不可救药的修补匠、制造者和修理工。

I'm an image-maker.

我是一个引人注目。