"Poetry is useless, why do you want to read poetry?"
But without poetry, what can we leave?
In the lost 996, I calculated the commuting time and transportation expenses, watched the clock gradually move towards Monday during the play, ate chicken on the rest day, took out my mobile phone to take pictures in the beautiful spring, and brushed my circle of friends by the way. In the process of falling in love again and again, I asked myself, what is the meaning of love? From then on, the scenery is no longer a scenery, and the body that can't be sad is fleeting in excitement. Sorrow is an eternal career in life.
Love words can't be said again. When you want to praise something, you suddenly become speechless. When you are sad, you only know that the whole world doesn't understand you. What's in your mind is secular, and the power of imagination no longer exists. In the words of the tour group, the summer band, without poetry, the world is the world; With poetry, you are the world.
As Shelley said in "Poetry Discrimination":
"If the spirit of poetry does not fly to the eternal realm that the scheming owl never dares to reach, bringing light and flame to mankind, what virtues, love, friendship and patriotism are there in the world? What is the beautiful natural landscape of the universe? If not, what comfort do we have on the ground? What hope do we have for heaven? "
Where is the meaning, sublimation, destination and continuation of life? It was like this when we were born. How can I become a content creator? Therefore, in this reading club/poetry reading club, each of us opened a few tattered poems with several layers of dust, and chose a poem that we liked to read to everyone and ourselves.
Mao Mao B.
William Butler Yeats is a stolen child.
"The pleasure of reading poetry is a unique personal feeling."
This collection of poems was bought by my mother in junior high school. The song "Stolen Children" has influenced me to this day.
I like people with fairy tales. The background of this poem is based on a legend about Irish children. This poem has a strong sense of picture. In fairy tales, you will see many elements, such as mountains, water, elves and fairyland. However, this poem always repeats the line: "Come on, children of the world, come to the water and the wilderness/hold hands with an elf/there are too many crying voices in the world, you don't understand". Therefore, on the one hand, this poem has a fantastic color and a description of fairyland life, on the other hand, it takes sadness as the keynote, reflecting too much pain in the real world, which is rich and complicated.
For me as a child at that time, a fairy tale poem has a feeling beyond fairy tales, which brings another way of interpretation, completely different from the traditional description of happiness and growth, and also brings a lot of shock.
But this time, I didn't specifically look for the background of this poem and analyze it. The fun of reading poetry is that after reading it, you will form a unique personal feeling and understanding.
Stolen child
Translator: Li Liwei
On the other side of the lake is the steep schloss Highland.
There, on a shady island.
The heron flapped its wings and awakened the tired mouse;
There, we hid in a magic bucket full of berries, and then
Stolen red cherries.
Come, children of the world, come to the water and the wilderness.
Holding hands with an elf.
There is too much crying in this world, you don't understand.
There, the moonlight beats like waves,
The dark beach is covered with hazy colors,
We walked all night in the farthest rose garden.
We interweave ancient dance steps,
Hands and eyes staggered, like a flutter,
Until the moon leaves.
We jump back and forth,
Chasing those sparkling bubbles.
Your world is full of trouble,
There is also endless anxiety in sleep.
Come, children of the world, come to the water and the wilderness.
Holding hands with an elf.
There is too much crying in this world, you don't understand.
The Pink Second
Pablo neruda's problem set
"the power of short poems"
Nie Luda is the most famous poet in Latin America in the 20th century. His life has two themes: one is politics and the other is a diplomat; The other is love. His love poems are also called love bibles. When he learned that his name was translated into "Nie Luda" in China, because "Nie" had three ears, he said that his third ear was to listen to the sound of the sea. He is a very romantic poet.
This is a very special collection of poems. The whole book consists of questions. The mystery of creation 3 16 is divided into 74 poems, each of which consists of 3-5 small questions. The topics discussed involve nature, religion, literature, history, politics, language, food, science and technology, civilization, time, life, death, truth, justice, emotion and sentiment. The biggest difference between this book and other poems I have read is that we can see the complete beginning and end, description and scene preparation from other people's poems, but this book is all about problems.
Even if there is a problem, the picture is complete, allowing people to see elements such as color and space. It has a vast imagination space, and the power of short poems is equally powerful.
The poetry anthology was published in Taiwan Province Province, and the publishing house is Jiuge, so the following is published in traditional Chinese, which is the same as the original translation.
Translator: Chen Li/Zhang Wenling
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What is guarding behind camel enterprises?
A camel said to the tortoise.
The tortoise replied:
What do you think of oranges?
The leaves of pear trees will be better than
Is "Memories of Lost Years" very dense?
Why are the leaves in it?
Suicide when you feel yellow?
seven
Peace is the peace of pigeons?
Panthers at war?
Why does the professor teach?
The geography of death?
Swallow who is late for school
What will happen?
They really put transparent letters
Overwhelming?
Shake and freeze
Frank o' hara, have a coke with you
"How low life is, how low poetry is."
Frank O 'Hara is one of the most famous poets of new york School in the United States. At present, there is no Chinese translation of his poems in China (please tell me where to buy them if you see them). O 'Hara's life experience is closely related to music, literature and art, but his poems are colloquial and irrational. He was obviously different from other poets at that time, and created a poetic style that was anti-refined and anti-noble. Finally, he died in a car accident at the age of 40, which is also a very poetic way to leave.
His poetry style is extreme, impromptu and full of absurdity. Many of them capture and capture daily life. Therefore, some people call him a "spoken film poet". Through oral expression, he can paint a very cinematic picture.
This poem is called "Drink Coke with You", which is a classic popular with American girls. The emphasis is on many common writing skills, such as O 'Hara's understanding of art history and the names and places he likes to list. However, readers can directly feel the emotions and contents expressed in the poem, which can be understood as a very personal accusation against someone, but it is also conceivable that the narrative object is just an illusory image created by the poet.
The reason why I like this poem best is that it has rich feelings about life. O 'Hara's poetry is life. Poetry is as humble as your life. There is no need to be too serious about poetry. Poetry itself should not be regarded as a profound art.
This is far more interesting than setting foot in Saint Bastin, Alan, Ondai, Bialitz and bayonne.
It's better than enjoying a good meal on Gasiglia Avenue in Barcelona.
Maybe it's because you look more handsome and happier in an orange shirt.
Maybe it's because I love you, maybe it's because you like to drink yogurt.
Maybe it's because there are orange tulips shining around the birch trees.
Maybe it is because we have a secret smile in front of people and sculptures.
It's hard to imagine, with you, how can there be such a fixed thing as sculpture?
Solemn and gloomy absolute things appear in front of you.
Right in front of it, we can enjoy the sunshine in new york at four o'clock in the afternoon.
Going back and forth beside each other's bodies is like feeling the breath of trees through swaying leaves.
The portrait exhibition we visited seems to be empty, with no faces on it, only paint.
You will suddenly be surprised, why would anyone do this in the world?
Because I only need to look at you, I would rather look at you than all the portraits in the world.
Except for the occasional interest in Polish knights, I am now in Frick.
Thank god you haven't seen it yet. We can see it together for the first time.
You are dancing with your body, so beautiful that it reminds me more or less that you are interpreting futurism.
I don't care about the naked girl coming down the stairs, and I don't care about any painting by Leonardo da Vinci or Michelangelo.
A sculpture that often surprises me.
Besides, what's the use of people constantly studying impressionism?
Because they have never experienced the feeling of a truly loved person standing by and leaning against a tree in a daze in the sunset.
Or let's put it this way: marino marini chose a good horse, but failed to find a rider as handsome as my wife.
Therefore, they all missed their youth in vain.
But it will never be wasted on me, which is why I wrote this poem to tell you all this.
The first line of the poem starts directly from the title without repeating the title, and the last sentence explains the origin of the poem, which is also an interesting structural feature. )
Tired of life
Montmartre, Yu Xia
"the blank of poetry"
Image is a very special point in Yu Xia's poems. Through reading, you can feel that most of her poems are written from personal experience, but she is not so keen on structure, language fluency, etc., and her parts of speech are flexible and have not been used by the functions and attributes of words themselves. Therefore, her poetry gives me the feeling that it is like a mini novel without several elements, and it will not tell the whole story, but it is precisely because of this that you can feel the vast space in it.
Interestingly, another identity of Yu Xia is Brother Li, a famous poet in Taiwan Province who wrote poems for Zhang Aijia, Chen Qizhen, Chen Shanni, Jolin Tsai and Hebe Tien. Perhaps more famous than her own poems.
This song "Montmartre" is the first time I came into contact with her works. In it, you can feel the artistic conception of rain beating on the window, but in the end, she never said what it was, leaving only a blank.
Mon martel
The cat in the bookstore
The dog in the bar
The glass is blurred.
In order to wipe
To watch me walk by
Because of this blind and stupid expression.
Have we ever died together?
Everyone looks so familiar.
Someone went upstairs.
Someone came down the stairs.
Everyone knows where to go from now on.
Some people think it's suspended animation.
It's raining on Abei dirt road.
The noisy smoke and words in the pub.
These buildings and windows are single-sided.
Someone will put up a ladder.
Roll them up.
minus
I ran across squares and streets.
This pullover was wet by the rain.
The man who crossed the street in front of me looked back at me.
Say a word to me
In order to listen to it again
I followed him into a shop that makes keys and soles.
I asked him what you just said.
He repeated.
Knowing that repetition can make me happy.
nineteen
Rilke's hunch
Poetry is a pure feeling, such as loneliness.
Rilke, Ye Zhi and Eliot are also called the three greatest poets in modern Europe. Their creative themes are roughly divided into two parts, one is lonely thinking, and the other is religious thinking.
What I like about his poems is that they are full of masculinity and philosophy, and always give people a kind of agitation, although his poems are more interpreted as feminine. Another major feature of his poems is the sense of sculpture, which can transcend the differences brought by the translation language, and this charm can be felt by readers no matter what translation.
So I chose two different versions of Rilke's "Foresight", one from North Island and the other from Luyuan. Perhaps because Beidao is a poet himself, the translated words and language sense are more inclined to the feeling of China's poems. For example, the famous sentence "I recognize the storm and am excited like the sea" makes anyone who reads it caught at once, full of strong sense of picture and imagination. Although the version of Green Plain is not so accurate in rhythm and sense of language, the atmosphere and feeling conveyed by the poem are still clear and the sense of sculpture is still impressive.
Therefore, poetry is really something that can't be expressed in words. It is more like a pure feeling, especially when discussing topics such as loneliness.
presentiment
Translator: Luyuan
I am surrounded by distance like a flag.
I felt the blowing wind, and I had to put up with it.
At that time, nothing in the lower world moved:
The door is still quietly closed and the chimney is silent;
The window didn't tremble and the dust fell to the ground.
I know the storm. It's like the sea.
I flaunt myself and fall into myself.
And get rid of their isolation.
In a huge storm.
Translator: North Island
I am surrounded by emptiness like a flag,
I feel a gust of wind, and I must put up with it;
The following contents have not changed:
The door closed gently and the chimney was silent;
The window doesn't move, and the dust is still heavy.
I recognized the storm and was as excited as the sea.
I spread it out, rolled it back,
I'm out of myself, alone.
In a big storm.
Ludin
Yongming Zhai's proof
"Female Poetry Writing"
This time, the works of Yongming Zhai, a Chengdu poetess, were selected. The proof comes from her 1984 group poem "Women", which is also her masterpiece and shocked the literary world at that time with a shocking female position. The 1980s has always been my favorite decade about literature. At the beginning of the reform and opening-up, literature began to thaw, a hundred flowers blossomed, and many outstanding poets emerged. Yongming Zhai is one of them.
Although it is not easy to divide by gender, all the female poets I know have a very distinct style of female poetry. However, compared with Shu Ting's elegance, Yongming Zhai's poems are more inclined to explore women's life experiences and life processes, but the world is relatively dark and deep, just like the chaotic and desolate world described in Proof, which contains night, dreams and reality, but amber eyes bring firmness.
It is in this dark night that the self-consciousness of the female subject is gradually formed, which can be seen in the whole group of female poems. It is a naked confession and a keen inspiration to the world.
certificate
The last light in the evening stung me.
Lying on the bare land, lying down to prove
One day my blood will be mixed with the river.
With a feeling of never being sad, under me
The setting sun dyed the messy chalk red.
When my hands crossed, darkness came here.
Immediately have a dream to ruin my age.
I'm at a loss like a trap.
Like a drunk staring at every dusk.
I am an unverifiable secret of the night.
Water has changed me, and water is described everywhere.
Lonely color, it can't fix me.
I am an endless woman.
My eyes once turned amber.
Go deep into your heart and make it more inviolable.
Endure a destination, the shadow of inner silence.
Put it on a rock all night to prove it.
The silence of the sky is by no means human.
When I stood up, I became a green flame in the morning.
Radiation makes autumn colder.
Woman, your sweetness.
Last month was a disaster.
It's very quiet today, setting a small piece of darkness.
Comfort yourself
After reading a poem, I feel more enlightened even on weekdays. In the analysis of poetry, there is no need to quote a lot. The most important thing at present is how you feel. It's good to be poetic.
I also hope to see you continue to regret here and pick up poems with us. It won't take long to read a poem before going to bed and on the way to work. But you can get away from real life in a short time and see a wonderful world that is hard to see.