Who is the most popular in our poetry world now? Zhao Lihua, the founder of "Pear Blossom Body", has long become a thing of the past, and although Jia Qianqian's 2021 is extremely popular, 2022 has been silent. Only Yu Xiuhua, a "poet with cerebral palsy", has always been a popular poet in the poetry world, which can be described as a long-term prosperity.
Yu Xiuhua (Image from the Internet)
Yu Xiuhua, born in 1976, is not a "genius poet". It was not until 2009, at the age of 33, that Yu Xiuhua officially began to write poetry. 2014 is undoubtedly a lucky year for Yu Xiuhua. This year, Yu Xiuhua published her works for the first time and officially entered the poetry world.
In July 2014, Zhang Zhihao published 10 poems by Yu Xiuhua in the Han Poems he edited. Yu Xiuhua herself said that her first manuscript fee came from Zhang Zhihao. As a newcomer to the poetry world, it is indeed extremely rare to be able to publish so many poems at once.
Zhang Zhihao (Image from the Internet)
"It is gold that always shines", after the first public publication of Yu Xiuhua's poems in "Han Poetry", Yu Xiuhua's "gold" can be regarded as the advent. Two months later, in September 2014, Poetry Publish published nine of her poems in one sitting under the headline "Catching Chickens in the Threshing Ground."
"The only central-level poetry journal" The blessing of "Poetry Journal" undoubtedly makes Yu Xiuhua more "golden and shining". In December 2014, poetry magazine held Yu Xiuhua's poetry recital, which attracted the attention and reports of major media. Yu Xiuhua officially became a banner of poetry.
Is that enough? Of course not. Time entered 2015, and the writer Fang Fang appeared. The second issue of "Yangtze River Literature and Art", which she edited, published 11 poems by Yu Xiuhua. The writer Fang Fang did not hide his appreciation and praise for Yu Xiuhua, which is probably the reason why Yu Xiuhua supported Fang Fang later.
If 2014 is Yu Xiuhua's "lucky year", then 2015 is Yu Xiuhua's "harvest year". In January 2015, Guangxi Normal University Press published Yu Xiuhua's first collection of poems, Moonlight On the Left Hand. In February 2015, Yu Xiuhua's second collection of poems, "The Shaky Human World", was published by Hunan Literature and Art Publishing House. On January 28, 2015, Yu Xiuhua was elected as the vice chairman of the Zhongxiang Writers Association in Hubei Province. At the first Wuhan Poetry Festival held in 2015, Yu Xiuhua was a heavy guest.
Fang Fang (image from the Internet)
From the first public publication of his works to the publication of poetry collections, yu Xiuhua only took half a year to become the vice chairman of the local writers association. And the average person can do this, it may take years, or even a lifetime. From July 2014 to February 2015, our entire poetry scene belonged to Yu Xiuhua.
Zhang Zhihao, executive editor of "Han Poetry", saw pearls in his eyes, "Poetry Journal" helped with great help, and Fang Fang, then vice chairman of the Hubei Provincial Writers Association, felt sorry for each other, and it was difficult for Yu Xiuhua to think that it was not red. Yu Xiuhua is not only "extremely popular", but has always been red in the poetry world, until now, which is quite difficult to do.
As for Yu Xiuhua's performance later, I wonder if those who praised her at that time ever regretted it? Zhang Zhihao didn't seem to mention Yu Xiuhua again. Liu Nian, the editor who launched Yu Xiuhua's poems at that time, had already left the Poetry Journal. The writer Fang Fang is now even more difficult to protect himself, and he does not say a word.
Liu Nian (Image from the Internet)
Yu Xiuhua has never been idle, and her series of operations have made her heat undiminished. Now, for Yu Xiuhua, the polarization is extremely serious. To think that her poems are good is to be strongly supported, and to think that she is too "explicit" is to vigorously oppose it. And Yu Xiuhua herself is also in direct opposition to these views, and she is not soft-mouthed.
As the saying goes, "it is easy to ask God to send God is difficult", after Yu Xiuhua became popular, she was closely linked to the poetry world, and she could not leave it alone. However, some of Yu Xiuhua's words and deeds are estimated to make the current poetry circle "cry and laugh". Say no, don't say no, have to turn a blind eye.
Yu Xiuhua told the poetry world: "Poets are at risk, and they must be cautious when they hold red." If you can't get a hot brain and hug a certain poet, then the consequences can't be controlled. I don't know if the current poetry circle still recognizes Yu Xiuhua's identity as a "poet"? Anyway, Yu Xiuhua's poems are no longer difficult to see in major poetry publications, and it is difficult to see her figure in various activities in the poetry world.