Overall cognition of contemporary poetry

1, to be an excellent poet, you need to have three conditions: talent, life experience and reading absorption.

Natural conditions are the first, which is the first for poetry; A university student may not necessarily become a poet, but the formation of a poet in Cain is innate first. The second is life experience, and there should be more opportunities for life experience. "The starting point of poetry activity is always a life experience (Dilthey)", which also corresponds to Walcott's famous saying: If you want to change your poetry, you must first change your life. Acquired reading absorption is self-evident; Heaven and earth, ancient and modern, Chinese and foreign, kung fu is still outside the poem, standing on the shoulders of giants can become giants.

2. The intersection of two or more civilizations/cultures in a poet makes him present a unique model of a great poet. In other words, to be a great poet, you must accept another civilization/culture besides one, and let them interweave and merge in your mind, becoming a stirring living water. I didn't find a master who was accepted by only one civilization/culture.

3. About the standpoint and starting point of poetry writing-

The foothold and starting point are different. What I appreciate is the poet based on these two positions: the self-sufficiency of individual subjectivity and the consciousness of seeking truth. "Individual subjectivity" was first put forward by Tang Xiaodu: "The individual who lacks subjectivity is just a trivial egoism, while the lack of individual subjectivity is an empty and meaningless subjectivity", which restricts and generates each other (that is, "the possibility of growth"); Sober self and the subject devoted to poetry creation are always self-disciplined and self-motivated. Listen to your heart, whether it is true or not, start with "truth", measure it with "truth" and show it; Truth is the starting point and the end point, as well as the journey and process. Perhaps, only by pursuing truth can we discover the true meaning of life.