The relation between a poet and audience is really insignificant. What matters is the poet is hearing something that he is broadcasting. And whether there is anybody with a receiver isn't the reason he does it. He hopes there is somebody receiving it.

  • -- Peter Davison 彼得·戴维森

诗人和观众之间的关系实在是微不足道。重要的是诗人听到了他正在传播的东西。他这么做的原因不是是否有人带着听筒。他希望有人收到它。

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By measuring the proportion of children living with the same parents from birth and whether their parents report a good quality relationship we are driving home the message that social programmes should promote family stability and avert breakdown.

通过测量从出生起就与同一父母生活在一起的儿童的比例,以及他们的父母是否报告有良好的质量关系,我们正在向人们传达这样一个信息:社会项目应促进家庭稳定,避免家庭破裂。

A poet is simply an artist whose medium is human emotions.  A poet chisels away at our own sensibilities, shaping our vision while molding our hearts.  A poet wraps words around our own feelings and presents them as fresh gifts to humanity.

诗人只是以人类情感为媒介的艺术家。诗人在塑造我们心灵的同时,也在塑造我们的视野。诗人用文字包装我们自己的情感,把它们作为新鲜的礼物送给人类。

And there are a lot more people reading poetry, but there are not so many people reading an individual poet.

读诗的人很多,但读一个诗人的人却不多。

I have a much better relationship with the press than I did, I think because I stood my ground.

我和媒体的关系比以前好多了,我想是因为我坚持自己的立场。