All those authors there, most of whom of course I've never met. That's the poetry side, that's the prose side, that's the fishing and miscellaneous behind me. You get an affection for books that you've enjoyed.

  • -- Norman MacCaig 麦凯格

那里所有的作者,当然大部分我从未见过。这是诗歌的一面,这是散文的一面,这是我身后的钓鱼和杂事。你喜欢你喜欢的书。

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Prose on certain occasions can bear a great deal of poetry; on the other hand, poetry sinks and swoons under a moderate weight of prose.

散文在某些场合可以承载大量的诗歌;另一方面,诗歌在适度的散文重压下沉沦和沉沦。

I like fishing. Not actual fishing - I like the peace and quiet of being at sea. It's different.

我喜欢钓鱼。不是真正的钓鱼——我喜欢海上的宁静。这是不一样的。

Many of today's verses are prose and bad prose.

今天的许多诗歌都是散文和拙劣的散文。

When you're not fishing be mending the nets.

当你不钓鱼时,就去补网。