In today's poetry world, there are almost no poems that people remember, but there are many "famous" poets and critics. As long as it is an activity in the poetry world, it must be indispensable to "famous poets" and "famous poetry critics", and almost all the screens are full of the word "famous".
No, I saw an article published on the "China Poetry Network", "Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Writers' Works Series Seminar - Review of Yang Ke and Lu Weiping Poetry Seminar". Recently, I have a habit of going to the "China Poetry Network" every day to see it, and every time I will have a harvest. Thanks to China Poetry Network!
In this article, the participants of this seminar are introduced. I'm taking a screenshot of this and putting it here. Let's see, is the screen full of the word "famous"? If there is no word "famous", it is obviously embarrassed to mix in the poetry world! This inevitably makes people wonder, how did the word "famous" come from?
The image comes from China Poetry Network
Yeah, how do you get the word "famous"? Let's first look at the dictionary explanation, famous means "famous, famous." The original meaning is to show the name on the work, often extended to someone who is very accomplished in a certain aspect, very famous. It also means that something is more outstanding. Here's the point, "Very accomplished" and "very famous."
Therefore, if you want to be "famous", you must either work hard in the field to be "very accomplished", or work hard to be famous and be "very famous". How many people are deeply accomplished in the poetry world today? It's hard to say, but judging by how many poems we know now, it seems that there are almost none.
In other words, the road of "deep attainment" has been blocked, and there is only one road left to be "very famous". So how do you make it "famous"? If we look at the current poetry world, we can actually find the "mystery" in it, so as to find the "trick".
List of judges for a poetry prize
The first is the multi-occurrence work. No matter how good the quality of his works is, they are all sent out, and they are familiar with each other first. Do you need the consent of the editor to publish the work? So the editor is a hot figure in the poetry world. I want to send works, there must be so many places? Therefore, the monthly magazine is changed to a semi-monthly magazine, or if there are many publications, as long as you can publish poems.
The second is to produce more poetry collections. What should I do if I write a poem and publish it in a journal? Then publish a collection of poems. I don't have so many poems, what if I can't produce a book of poems? Then bring other people's poems and produce a collection of what and what poems. Anyway, it is to publish a book, thick kind, if the number of pages is limited, use the painting to make up, called what a "poetry collection".
The third is to win many awards. Win a few more awards, hold a certificate or trophy, and that will add a lot of points to "famous". You see, there are so many awards, are they not famous? They all want to win, where are there so many awards? Then set up more awards. What Qu Yuan, Li Bai, Du Fu, Bai Juyi, Chen Ziang... So many famous poets in history can set up awards. No, you can also use foreign names!
The fourth is to hold more activities. What domestic poetry festivals, international poetry festivals, what poetry and wine culture festivals, poetry music festivals, poetry Spring Festival Gala, etc., the more the merrier. There are also work seminars, new book promotion meetings, new book launch ceremonies, etc., as long as you show up more, you will slowly become "famous".
So, let's see, there are more and more poetry publications, more and more poetry collections, more and more poetry awards, more and more poetry activities, what is the purpose? It is to create more "famous poets"!
Therefore, as long as it is a "poet", it is often preceded by the word "famous", as if it were "born". However, if there are too many "famous poets", is it not very "valuable"? After all, "things are scarce and expensive." From another point of view, we have so many "famous poets", is it like the Tang and Song Dynasties, and have entered a poetry world? After all, there were not so many "famous poets" at that time.