Even when poetry has a meaning, as it usually has, it may be inadvisable to draw it out... Perfect understanding will sometimes almost extinguish pleasure.

  • -- Alfred Edward Housman 豪斯曼

即使诗歌有一个意义,就像它通常的意义一样,把它描绘出来也是不明智的。完美的理解有时几乎会扼杀快乐。

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Humour is a fine line to walk in poetry, as in fiction. I just think it's harder to write. It's harder to keep the respect of the reader too.

正如在小说中一样,幽默在诗歌中也是一条优美的线。我只是觉得它更难写。也很难保持读者的尊重。

There are so many things that poetry is about, one of which is memory.

诗歌有很多内容,其中之一就是记忆。