On December 19th, the sixth "China Dahe Biennial Poetry Award" was awarded in Zhengzhou, and Zhao Kehong, member of the Plenary Committee of the China Writers Association, vice chairman of the Henan Writers Association, and chairman of the Luoyang Writers Association, published the group poem "Gaze" in the poetry of "Dahe", and the Beijing poet Yang Haidi and the Shandong poet Wang Guilin won the award.
The reporter learned that the poem "Dahe" is supervised by the Henan Literature and Art Publishing House and sponsored by the Dahe Poetry Publishing House. The "China Dahe Biennial Poetry Award" is selected every two years, and the winning works are selected from the poetry works published by "Dahe", and more than ten famous poets have won awards.
Zhao Kehong's group poem "Gaze" was published in the 2021 winter volume of "Big River" Poetry, including "Grassroots Wishes", "Shells", "Looking for Stones", "Morning Bird" and many other poems.
The jury believes that Zhao Kehong's poems are simple and profound, concise and abundant, between daily things and things, looking for survival philosophies and the taste of the world, and the group poem "Gaze" is extraordinary, heroic and frank, highlighting the unique speculation and construction, and in ordinary vocabulary, it contains a simple and noble luster. (Reporter Yu Ziyu) (Courtesy of Zhao Kehong)