The poem is an act of the mind, not a transcription of the world.
詩歌是心靈的行為,而不是世界的轉(zhuǎn)錄。
I distrust anything that starts with a capital letter.
我不信任任何以大寫字母開頭的東西。
The great poems are the ones that survive their own occasions.
偉大的詩歌是那些超越自身時(shí)代的作品。
詩歌不是一個(gè)封閉的領(lǐng)域,而是一個(gè)開放的領(lǐng)域。
寫作本身就是希望。
Every poem is a love poem.
每首詩都是一首情詩。
The poet is not separate from the world; the poet is of the world.
詩人并不與世界分離;詩人屬于世界。
I've always been attracted to the lyric poem because of what it omits.
我一直被抒情詩吸引,因?yàn)樗÷缘臇|西。
對(duì)我來說,未說出口的東西具有巨大的力量。
The advantage of poetry over life is that poetry, if it is sharp enough, may last.
詩歌優(yōu)于生活的地方在于,如果足夠犀利,詩歌可能會(huì)持久。
I think it is in the nature of poetry to be always hinting at something beyond what is actually said.
我認(rèn)為詩歌的本質(zhì)在于總是暗示超出實(shí)際所說的東西。