A brief introduction to poetry

Poetry is an art of language, an art of imagination, an art of inspiration, and even more an art of the soul

Poetry is a reflection of nature and a reflection of human nature Meditation is the blooming of the soul and the precipitation of philosophy.

Poetry is ethereal, condensed, and transcendent, and can turn the beauty of the moment into eternity.

Poetry is an art in which poets inject emotional thoughts through the medium of words, extending limited life into infinite spirit.

Poetry is an art that touches the soul and makes people feel sympathetic.

Poetry travels through time and space, is generated in presence and absence, expressed in movement and stillness, and created in reality and illusion.

In the meaning and image of poetry, meaning is the main part, and the image is the supplement; the image is born for the meaning.

A good poem should first be beautiful and give people spiritual enjoyment, and secondly it should have the power to shock the soul.

Painting conveys ideas through line, light, and color, while poetry uses language to express ideas.

Wang Changling of the Tang Dynasty once proposed the theory that "poetry has three realms" in his "Poetic Gesture". He believed that aesthetic understanding from shallow to deep is physical realm, scene, and artistic conception. Those who are good in all three realms are better. poetry. Poems that can be circulated for thousands of years must be all for this reason! Some Zen Zen masters believe that to reach the ethereal state of Zen, three stages are needed: from "seeing mountains as mountains, seeing water as water" to "seeing mountains as not mountains, seeing water as not water", and then "seeing mountains as still mountains." , see water is still water." Reading poetry requires a state of understanding, and writing poetry also requires a state of mind. Both require continuous learning, practice, and improvement.

We should dig deeper and use the weapon of dialectical thinking to discover the beauty of life. Secondly, the exposure of ugliness can also be regarded as a contrast to beauty.

Poetry is an art expressed in condensed language. Therefore, no matter whether the poem is long or short, it must be in the spirit of careful consideration. If it can be expressed in one word, never use two words; if it can be expressed in one sentence, never use two sentences; the order of nouns, verbs, adjectives, and words, Sentences, logical relationships, ideas, and artistic conception must all be carefully considered. Try to use plain words as much as possible, and don’t always use words that only you know.