Anticipating that most poetry will be worse than carrying heavy luggage through O'Hare Airport, the public, to its loss, reads very little of it.

  • -- Russell Baker 拉塞尔·贝克

由于预计大多数诗歌都比带着沉重的行李通过奥黑尔机场还要糟糕,公众对诗歌的了解少之又少。

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But at the beginning it was clear to me that concrete poetry was peculiarly suited for using in public settings. This was my idea, but of course I never really much got the chance to do it.

但一开始,我就很清楚,具体的诗歌特别适合在公共场合使用。这是我的主意,但当然我从来没有真正有机会这么做。

Jonathan is that brilliant little fire that burns within us all, that lives only for those moments when we reach perfection.

乔纳森是一团明亮的小火,在我们每个人心中燃烧,只存在于我们达到完美的时刻。

Beauties in vain their pretty eyes may roll; charms strike the sight, but merit wins the soul.

美丽的人徒劳地转动着美丽的眼睛;美貌能打动人心,但美德能赢得灵魂。

I think celebrities have an obligation to the public to not just sing or act.

我认为名人有义务对公众不仅仅是唱歌或表演。

When he was a little kid, he was a fat, spoiled kid. I can tell the type.

当他还是个小孩子的时候,他是一个被宠坏的胖孩子。我能看出来是什么类型。

Music is the universal language of mankind.

音乐是人类的通用语言。