If there were no poetry on any day in the world, poetry would be invented that day. For there would be an intolerable hunger.

  • -- Muriel Rukeyser 鲁凯泽

如果世界上任何一天都没有诗歌,那么诗歌就会在那一天诞生。因为会有无法忍受的饥饿。

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That's the way it is with poetry: When it is incomprehensible it seems profound, and when you understand it, it is only ridiculous.

诗歌就是这样:当你无法理解它时,它显得深奥;当你理解它时,它只是荒谬。

Poetry is one of the few nasty childhood habits I've managed to grow out of.

诗歌是我在成长过程中改掉的为数不多的不良童年习惯之一。