Today, I don't know why, I actually searched for "Li Shaojun" on the Internet, and the results were really quite a lot. One of them caught my attention, Li Shaojun, editor-in-chief of "Poetry Journal": Two Tricks for Writing Poetry, And There Are Tricks for Writing Poetry? And two? No wonder the "famous poet" Shang Zhongmin wanted to take in disciples, this article is a must-read.
The first trick Li Shaojun said was to read the "Three Hundred Poems of Tang Dynasty" well. His suggestion was to buy three copies of "Three Hundred Poems of Tang Dynasty", one in the office, one in the car, and one on the pillow at home. When the office is tired, when the traffic is stuck, before going to bed, they all turn over the "Three Hundred Poems of Tang Dynasty". This trick is not bad, it should also have a certain effect, is not there a saying that "familiar with three hundred Tang poems, can not compose poetry can also chant"?
The second trick that Li Shaojun said was to "remember more", prepare a small book and a pen on the body, and suddenly have some inspiration, quickly write it down. This trick should also work, after all, inspiration is fleeting. Li Shaojun also gave an example, ten years ago, a sentence written in a small book, "It should be expressed for spring", he wrote a poem.
This poem is somewhat worthy of Li Shaojun's title of "natural poet". It depicts the scene when spring comes, and the spring is cold. He used anthropomorphic techniques, as well as some metaphors. But some of the sentences in it seem to be inappropriate, is this the expression of "poetry"? For example, the first sentence "People who have listened to the Spring Thunder Movement", listening to the movement? Either watch the movement or listen to the sound.
Li Shaojun, who is the editor-in-chief of the "Poetry Journal", is not unclear about this relationship. It should be his intention, just like the "Cliff of Lema" in the back, it is necessary to reverse the order of "Cliff Lema". These more novel statements are probably where the "poetic eye" lies, right? Is it true that writing poetry is not speaking human language?
However, at least one thing is certain, in Li Shaojun's "Should Express Spring", there is really no shadow of "Three Hundred Tang Poems". After reading this poem, and then looking back at li Shaojun's "trick" of writing poetry, I feel that it is not in tune at all.
Li Shaojun himself is obviously very satisfied with this poem, and his collection of poems published by Beiyue Literature and Art Publishing House in September 2019, entitled "Should Express Spring", also contains this poem. "Famous poet" Sun Damei's evaluation is that "this is the mainstay of Chinese poetry, this is the last position that realist poetry adheres to, and it is also the backbone of the Chinese poetry circle and the banner of the lonely." ”
Look at the "mainstay", "the last position", "the backbone of the poetry world", "the flag", this... Does all this include this song "Should Express Spring"? After all, this poem is the number one in this book of poems. But why didn't I see it at all?
It seems that I really don't understand modern poetry. Yes, I did not see the role of the "mainstay" of this poem, nor did I see that this was the "last position", nor did I see the "backbone of the poetry world", nor did I see the flag. I don't see any of this, and they can see this, and I think this is the gap between me and them.
How to make up for this gap? I also often read "Three Hundred Poems of Tang Dynasty", but not only can I not write poetry, I can't even read poetry, does this "trick" still work? I really have some doubts, is the "Three Hundred Poems of Tang Dynasty" that Li Shaojun and I read not the same book? Completely irrelevant? Otherwise, why is our gap so big? And in his poems, he can't see the shadow of "Three Hundred Poems of Tang Dynasty"?
To tell the truth, "Three Hundred Poems of Tang Dynasty" is the highest peak of poetry, almost insurmountable, even if it is difficult to get close. Familiar with the "Three Hundred Poems of Tang Dynasty" can indeed cultivate poetry, but it seems that it does not seem to be of any help to writing modern poetry, which are two completely different things. Li Shaojun's "Should Express Spring" is an example, is this poem related to "Three Hundred Poems of Tang Dynasty"?