-Lu and his poetry creation
Yang Zhixue
It is natural and pleasant to know Hunan poet Lu. I was deeply infected by his optimism, health, self-confidence and enthusiasm for people and life, so he left a deep impression on me. Of course, the opportunity to know Heng is poetry, and poetry naturally becomes the reason and topic for our further communication.
Brother Yu Heng is my contemporaries. At first, I was pleased with his high starting point in writing poetry, but later I found it was an illusion. Because Yu Heng's elder brother is not just beginning to write poetry, but has already set foot on The Way. He should belong to a poetry lover in the 1980s, but because of his busy work, he put his poetry writing on hold for a long time. In recent years, his hidden and suppressed poems broke out again, and he completed a considerable number of poems. Of course, it is not only a matter of quantity, but more importantly, the quality of his poems is worthy of recognition. The gift of life gave him endless singing topics; The tempering of society makes his singing sound inner peace.
After reading, it is not difficult to find that Lu's poems have a transparent and bright background on the whole. Anyone who has too much contact can clearly feel that Yu Heng is a very sunny person. The brilliance of his poems comes from the sunshine in his heart. As he wrote in the poem:
Birds are jumping on my keyboard.
My poems are full of too much spring.
……
I look forward to the heart, like a child in the morning.
There is strawberry music in my eyes.
(The bird jumps on my keyboard)
Heart, don't want to be higher than the sky, fly as high as you can.
Wings, don't want to compare with spring water, can't be more beautiful.
Starting from tomorrow, let the tentacles extend to the core of spring.
Feel the deepest rhythm of the season
(Pupa, or tomorrow)
This is the tone, rhythm and timbre of Yu Heng's poems. After reading his poems, your heart will be involuntarily influenced by his artistic conception and poetic rhythm. Although his poems also wrote sadness and pain (even "blood drop")—
Hide the weapon from your fingers and let me this afternoon.
In deep pain, reminisce alone.
(Hidden weapon)
But such "pain" always seems to pass by in his works, and he can't control his mood. On the contrary, sadness and pain are always knocked down by his happy mood. Therefore, I think the poems are very suitable for the cultivation of healthy personality, and may also play a certain therapeutic role for some depressed patients. Let's read his "Ingisha Knife in Kashgar" and see how troubles are cut off by sharp knives:
Ingisha Dao, I want to take you with me.
Like taking my little wife.
I like your smallness and your light.
I like your keen personality.
I like the sweet feeling of your incision.
Ingisha knife, if you can still cut off your troubles.
Although it's good.
Although it is only an extravagant hope to cut off our troubles with the Yengisar knife, as long as we are good at adjusting our mood (which can be done), we can enjoy the sweetness of life (really "how wonderful") and experience the happiness of life.
Adapted to this happy and bright background, Lu's poems are full of descriptions of happiness and happiness. Because there is always a surge of happiness in his heart, he just pours it out with poetry and spreads it out. Turning to the first article of the collection of poems, we saw the author "Spring has crossed Yanquan Road" and singing the ballad of "Happiness" coming to us:
At the moment, happiness is just
Kiss the rosy clouds of peach blossoms on my face.
Makes me feel like a prince in spring.
……
It is a wonderful feeling to cross Yanquan Road in spring.
Will come straight to my mind like this
(Yanquan Road in Spring)
It is worth noting that the author's description of happiness is always associated with specific situations and things, so it is particularly natural and kind, and does not feel vague and artificial at all. For example, the second book of poetry "Lies", or the author attached the feeling of happiness to the image of "rose": "I long to be a rose in your hand/be held by you, and the smell of happiness/begin to permeate the bone marrow in my dreams." In this way, the "taste of happiness" is not only no longer abstract, but also increases the sense of touch because it is held by hand.
The author's feeling of "happiness" sometimes turns into seasonal scenery: "In the orchard in autumn, sweetness bends the branches" ("Give me an acre of land"); Sometimes it is reflected in the yearning for the seaside: "But the sea turns into a seagull and flies to me again and again/just like my yearning, flies to you again and again" ("The seaside"); The author sometimes has a whim to name a forest he has traveled as "Happy Merlin": "The forest we passed is called Happy Merlin/They haven't blossomed yet, and now the sun is just right/they are looking at us happily/we are tourists looking for happiness". Of course, the author expresses the theme of "happiness", and its poetic refinement is the best. Poetic sentiment, poetic thinking and poetic art have all reached a high degree of integration, so poetry is quite chewy. I think when the poem "After a Mulberry Forest" was pushed, the whole poem was as follows:
Happiness begins with a few leaves, mulberry forest
Did my happiness also start when I passed you?
There are as many kinds of happiness as there are leaves, mulberry forest
I don't want a lot of happiness, just one.
I pass by you every day, mulberry forest
Your happiness is enriched day by day and becomes a fairy tale in the forest.
You will also make happiness sink into the red fruit, mulberry forest
And what I expect is that happiness will never change.
There are only eight sentences in the whole poem, but the connotation is very rich. There are several points worthy of attention in the expression of this poem: first, the contrast technique, that is, the "happiness" of mulberry is in contrast with the "happiness" of me. Mulberry's "happiness" is like leaves, but "my" happiness is "just one kind"; The "happiness" of mulberry will change from light to full and then to heavy, and the "happiness" I expect will never change. This contrast may be problematic from the perspective of life logic, but it can be established from the perspective of artistic logic. Secondly, as a appellation, "Sanglin" appears at the end of the sentence many times, which reads both the legacy of ancient Yuefu and the flavor of modern folk songs. The overall language "natural sculpture" gives people a sense of intimacy. Thirdly, in the second half of the poem, the connotation of the core word "happiness" has actually changed. Specifically, the "happiness" of mulberry will become "gloomy", while the "happiness" of "me" will remain unchanged. The reason for this difference is their different connotations. From the abstract essence, the "happiness" of the two should be constant; And if you look at the level of happiness, both of them may change. The author intentionally confuses the connotations of two "happiness", which makes the language of poetry flexible and poetic.
Some of Lu's works are related to expressing happiness or happiness, touching the meaning of life and the belief in life. For example, How Cold the Wings of Death is a poem written by the author to express his views on the poet's suicide. The poem says that those poets are "spoiled by poetry and deserve a vast sky/but end up in a dead end/but don't realize how cold the wings of death are". In the last paragraph of the poem, the author made further promotion and exploration:
We should live well, like a poem.
In the unconstrained world, the light of sunflower grows.
Maybe there will never be a road to darkness.
But all the departures can reach the top of the mountain at dawn.
This is very valuable. The author's optimism and self-confidence are touching enough. His expression is not vain and dry at all. He relies on the power of poetry and thinks that the light of poetry can bring people to the "Mountain of Dawn".
When the rare ice and snow disaster came to Chenzhou in early 2008, Lu, a poet in Chenzhou, deeply felt that he could not be absent. He wrote many works to express his thoughts and beliefs about life. For example, "Happiness at Four Degrees below zero" uses birds to stimulate their optimism: "This city/bird without water and electricity for ten days lacks everything. Their happiness/being alive at MINUS four degrees/unlike us, standing at the window complaining about God. " He also wrote a very emotional poem (also the longest poem in this collection), Looking Up or Sculpting on the Tower, praising Cao Xianglin, an electric worker who died heroically in the fight against ice and snow disasters, and expressing his respect for the hero and noble life: "How can you be like an eagle in the sky/pouncing on the dark and cold eagle/waving big scissors, just like an eagle spreading its wings?" Heroes are actually ordinary people, and they are linked to the happy life of ordinary people. He has always been a part of our happy life.
Lu's poetry writing is a respectable writing. I say this, of course, not only because of his optimism and clear timbre when singing Happiness and Life, but also because of his good artistic ability.
As far as artistic expression is concerned, Lu's poems are relatively relaxed and have reached a relatively mature stage. Of course, this does not mean that there are no problems with his works. Constantly exploring and innovating is always a solemn subject before every poet. I mean, according to Lu's poetic accomplishment and expressive skills, his writing has reached a relatively stable height and level, and the quality of his poems is relatively neat. Specifically, the artistic expression of Lu's poems shows some aspects worthy of recognition and attention.
Lu's poems are good at using metaphors. In fact, in some of the examples involved in the above discussion, we have already felt the clever metaphors in his works. Here are some examples to further illustrate.
For example, the author wrote the hometown of Gleditsia sinensis:
Now it still stands there so kindly.
Just like the weather-beaten father, it has become the epitome of hometown.
(Gleditsia sinensis)
We can say that "father is like a locust tree in my hometown", but now the author says the opposite. The Feishuizhai Waterfall written by him seems to have the following characteristics: "Seeing Feishuizhai Waterfall/Like Tang Poetry/Flying Down/Rising thousands of feet Fog" (Feishuizhai Waterfall). We often compare abstract things with concrete things. Now the author compares vivid life scenes to Tang poetry, which is the spiritual product of human beings, interesting and innovative. Because the author found the connection point between the two. Indeed, many metaphors in Lu's poems are very unique and novel, which shows the author's creativity. For example, he wrote about love: "The length of the hillside is just the length of a love" ("Potatoes begin to roll down the hillside") and his "Love in the Virtual Grassland":
On the virtual grassland, we love each other.
We release the white clouds in the sky.
We screamed like enthusiastic horses.
Drive the drowsiness of Inner Mongolia grassland to the horizon.
We hold it, just like a poet holding a poem.
Let the whole night float with the smell of beer foam.
We have fallen in love with such a virtual grassland.
I don't know if my spring is surging in your weak body.
The short eight-line poem and two comparative sentences are novel and appropriate to read and have a good aesthetic feeling. In particular, the figurative image of "we hold, like a poet holding a poem", using the poet's feelings for poetry to compare "we love each other" is really quite romantic.
Lu's attitude towards tradition can be seen from his extensive use of metaphors in his poems. He inherited the vitality of China's poetry since The Book of Songs and Songs of the South, and drew rich nutrition from it. At the same time, I tried to explore and innovate in my writing practice and wrote my own characteristics.
In the process of creation, Lu paid more attention to poeticization and reached a higher level. From Lu's poetic accomplishment, we can see his artistic accomplishment, aesthetic taste and ability to grasp the form of poetry. For example, some things are like viruses that cannot be deleted. This poem links the ancient human emotion of "missing" with the new term "virus" appearing in the modern information society, thus extracting a new poetic reflection on the expression of "missing": "When you delete it, it will be crazy/unless you are cruel to your soul's hard disk." Another example is "Magnolia Wash Wings in the Rain":
Magnolia flew back again.
These white pigeons
When I didn't expect it, I fell.
Magnolia trees in the yard
Let me immerse myself in their fragrant songs again.
Forget yourself.
The rain really came suddenly.
Last night,
They defeated my concern for magnolia.
These friendly pigeons
Their dreams must have been wet by the rain.
Do they know it's cold
Can they still fly for nothing
Go to the balcony in the morning and bend down.
I hear the smell of rain on them.
They washed their wings in a sudden heavy rain
Let me stand on the balcony, surprised and speechless.
The poetic image is rich and full of charm. In the rhythm, tone and speed control of poetry, it shows the poet's intention and ability to refine poetry Due to the refinement of the poet, the language here has been dancing in the fields and tracks of poetry.
At the end of this article, I can't help but mention another poem by the author: Poetry is more real than life. This poem not only shows the author's clear impression on poetry refinement, but also truly exposes the poet Lu's love for poetry. It is not difficult to see that the proposition that "poetry is more real than life" is itself a good discovery and refinement. However, choosing such a topic cannot be said to be a risky move. As far as the author's expression is concerned, although this poem has not reached a very satisfactory level of harmony, the author's refinement of the poem has also brought us many sentences and images worthy of appreciation. The first refinement is the first two sentences of the poem: "Our graffiti poem is like a piece of land/it really exists in the depths of our lives." This determines the nature and status of poetry. Because poetry "exists in the depths of our lives", it is not unreasonable to say that it is "more real than life". The second refinement is the exploration of the free spirit of poetry: "You can be crazy here at any time, boldly/tell your love to the unreal him (her)." Subsequently, the third refining made the situation of poetry reach a climax:
We believe that poetry is more real than life.
This kind of nonsense seems to exist only in poetry.
Our souls will not be flowers in the fog.
Poetry is the hometown of spiritual vagrants, and it will not make the soul fail, so of course it can be said that it is "more real than life". Poetry has a poet's greatest dream. A poet, even if he is a loser in life, or a frustrated person who runs into a wall everywhere, poetry will bring him the confidence and dignity he deserves. At the end of this poem, the author refines the poem like this: "We make up plots in the past, present and future/it seems that only in plots can we be so practical/like the wind blowing from nowhere, we are used to wandering around the world." This is an expansion of the realm of poetry and makes poetry more meaningful; At the same time, this may also be another hint to the essence of poetry: illusion contains great truth. We sometimes feel that a poem, if it can have a good sentence or image, will also make it show bright spots; However, Lu's "Poetry is more real than life" contains many tasteful sentences and images, which should naturally be fully affirmed.
A poet, when his road is illuminated by tomorrow and happiness extends in his poems, it is self-evident that his life is full and happy. In this way, I would also like to express my sincere respect and deep blessing to all poets who face the world with lofty and true hearts and wander around the world.