The poem is an act of the mind, not a transcription of the world.
诗歌是心灵的行为，而不是世界的转录。
I distrust anything that starts with a capital letter.
我不信任任何以大写字母开头的东西。
The great poems are the ones that survive their own occasions.
伟大的诗歌是那些超越自身时代的作品。
诗歌不是一个封闭的领域，而是一个开放的领域。
写作本身就是希望。
Every poem is a love poem.
每首诗都是一首情诗。
The poet is not separate from the world; the poet is of the world.
诗人并不与世界分离；诗人属于世界。
I've always been attracted to the lyric poem because of what it omits.
我一直被抒情诗吸引，因为它省略的东西。
对我来说，未说出口的东西具有巨大的力量。
The advantage of poetry over life is that poetry, if it is sharp enough, may last.
诗歌优于生活的地方在于，如果足够犀利，诗歌可能会持久。
I think it is in the nature of poetry to be always hinting at something beyond what is actually said.