This poem looks ordinary, but it is intriguing. There are only 24 short words in the whole poem, describing the transformation of "you", "me" and "cloud" as the focus, and using "distance" to explain the different feelings in visual transformation.
Poetry is full of philosophical thinking, a kind of thinking about man and nature, and a kind of thinking about man. In addition to its hazy beauty, this poem is an endless space for daydreaming. The poet's handling of the art of blank space in poetry just endows poetry with far-reaching significance and makes it full of stronger vitality.
Gu Cheng saw the inaugural issue of Today posted at the end of the external wall of Xidan Gymnasium 1978, and he was moved by the poem above. At the end of 1980, Poetry Magazine published two poems by Gu Cheng, one of which was Far and Near.
Appreciation of works:
Poetry is concise, which makes people easily associate with personal life experiences, and its beauty is hidden in abstract lines.
But savoring carefully and taking it easy implies an eager expectation and calls for a kind of interpersonal relationship of mutual understanding, mutual trust and harmonious coexistence. However, because the poet hides the cause of illusion, he deliberately leaves a big blank, which arouses the imagination of readers, and this imagination will vary with the psychological factors of readers.
Judging from the delicate feelings expressed in the poem, this work is like a monologue of a shy boy's mind. He loves a girl, but he is ashamed to confess, and even dare not look at the girl. He can only sneak a look at the girl when she looks away.
A distance, a near, triggered a variety of thoughts about man and nature, matter and spirit, body and soul, existence and nothingness, and also brought many associations to readers and aroused * * *.