"The poet's job is to pay attention, then to pay attention to what they've paid attention to."
詩人的工作是注意,然后注意他們所注意到的東西。
"Poetry is what gets lost in translation - and also what survives."
詩歌是在翻譯中丟失的東西 - 也是幸存下來的東西。
"A good line of poetry should surprise you twice: when you write it and when you read it."
一行好詩應(yīng)該讓你驚訝兩次:當(dāng)你寫下它時(shí)和當(dāng)你讀到它時(shí)。
"The silence around words is as important as the words themselves."
文字周圍的沉默與文字本身同樣重要。
"Language is the house we live in, and poetry is the window."
語言是我們居住的房子,而詩歌是窗戶。
"Every poem is a love poem, even when it's about loss."
每首詩都是一首情詩,即使它是關(guān)于失去的。
"Writing is a way of thinking, not just a record of thought."
寫作是一種思考方式,而不僅僅是思想的記錄。
"The best poems are the ones that leave room for the reader to enter."
最好的詩歌是那些為讀者留有進(jìn)入空間的作品。
"A poem is a small machine made out of words."
詩歌是由文字組成的小機(jī)器。
"Poetry is the art of making the invisible visible."
詩歌是使無形變?yōu)橛行蔚乃囆g(shù)。