I came to poetry through the urgent need to denounce injustice, exploitation, humiliation. I know that's not enough to change the world. But to remain silent would have been a kind of intolerable complicity.

  • -- Tahar Ben Jelloun 塔哈尔·本·杰伦

我从事诗歌创作,是因为迫切需要谴责不公、剥削和羞辱。我知道这不足以改变世界。但是保持沉默将是一种无法容忍的共谋。

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One of the most powerful devices of poetry is the use of distortions. You can go from talking about the way a minute passes to the way a century passes, or a lifetime.

诗歌最有力的手段之一是运用扭曲手法。你可以从谈论一分钟过去的方式,到一个世纪过去的方式,或者一生。

Poetry: the best words in the best order.

诗歌:以最好的顺序写出最好的文字。