Zhang Qinghua: What is necessary writing?

Necessary writing

Text/Zhang Qinghua

Good poetry must be necessary.

This constitutes our huge "text production" reflection on day after day: What does it mean to keep writing in this way?

Haizi once said that I always have to write long poems. In fact, it is more than a long poem. The same is true of short poems. The ancients' opposition groaning, unwillingness to make it, all thought that poetry was necessary. So, what is necessary writing? In the contemporary sense, it is difficult for us to make an absolute definition. Is Fenghua Xueyue necessary? It's hard to say that it is not necessary, whether love and hatred are necessary, naturally. But how to make them meaning? This requires careful analysis.

If you say it from the core, things will become clear and simple. The writing of the nation's nation is of course necessary; it is necessary for the sorrow and joy in life; of course, all the responsible poetry writing is of course necessary. But once it is relatively small, trivial, daily and mediocre, is writing necessary? This becomes difficult to judge, and we need to be careful. It can not be arbitrarily regarded all the purpose, daily and mediocre writing as unnecessary, nor can it be determined that it is meaningful. Everything depends on the specific situation and effect.

From the lowest point, first, I think the necessary writing must be a poem with self -restrictions and self -analysis. Because some people are writing for publicity, they will hardly deal with the intentions or attitudes that they express. Self -up, without rational and analysis of self. The poems written by such people are difficult to find resonance and significance; second -in fact, it is also connected with the first, that is, the necessary writing should have a conscious writing with others, and it is preparing " The writing of people who become contemporaries. Without such a conscious writing, they are often too self -self and selfish.

The reason why all the great poetry is great is because they can evoke the resonance of more people, and they can become contemporary people, because they are accepted and loved by individuals to others.

Then why is there any saying "dedicated to infinite minority"? This emphasizes its personality and height, and sometimes creativity will sacrifice some ordinary readers. This is actually not contradictory, because there is also a dangerous peak on the road of poetry climbing, which can at least dialectically correct the mediocre tendency -it must be supported by real talents. If so, then "less" is certainly necessary.

Source: "Selection of Poems" No. 8

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