Still the question remains of what actually speaks in a poem, if not subjectivity as historically constructed.

  • -- Thomas Harrison 汤姆斯·哈里森

如果不像历史上所建构的那样具有主观性,那么诗歌中真正表达的内容仍然是个问题。

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You should always be trying to write a poem you are unable to write, a poem you lack the technique, the language, the courage to achieve. Otherwise you're merely imitating yourself, going nowhere, because that's always easiest

你应该一直尝试写一首你写不出来的诗,一首你缺乏技巧、语言、勇气去实现的诗。否则你只是在模仿自己,什么都不做,因为这总是最简单的

A Poem does not grow by jerks. As trees in Spring produce a new ring of tissue, so does every poet put forth a fresh outlay of stuff at the same season.

一首诗不会因拙劣而生涩。正如树木在春天产生了新的组织,每个诗人都在同一季节提出了一项新的支出。

We know that second terms have historically been marred by hubris and by scandal.

我们知道,从历史上看,第二任期一直被傲慢和丑闻所玷污。

Meaning is socially, historically, and rhetorically constructed.

意义是由社会、历史和修辞构成的。