Liu Jun

One spring, when he and teacher Zhang Zhonghai were standing by the reservoir in the southern mountains, he kept sharing his fishing experience. You don’t even need to fish when the fish are sleeping; fish that are shallow and fish deep; don’t talk loudly by the water when fishing at night. He also said that he and his friends have fished all the reservoirs around. Sometimes I can’t catch a single fish and sit by the water all day, still enjoying it.

But I was distracted at that time. The weather was so good. In the spring, the wind in the mountains became completely invisible. You could see them everywhere. The branches twisted slightly, the leaves shook their heads, and the sky The clouds dragged out their long tails, and the water surface was covered with ripples. Circles and circles, you pushed me, and I pushed you to the shore.

Spring is really a strange season, where all things grow and poetry grows.

What makes Teacher Zhang Zhonghai talk endlessly is poetry. He was already very famous in the 1980s. He has become a domestic rural poet with concepts such as "new vernacular, line drawing, sense of language, and narrative elements". A representative figure of poetry. Nowadays, the poetry is endless. The famous critic Li Yeping said, "In his poems, there are neither the sincere educational quotes of an old man in his 60s, nor the slogans superimposed with righteous and awe-inspiring words. There are only wise thoughts and insights." The tone. ”

In a recent lecture at the Shandong Women Essayist Salon, teacher Zhang Zhonghai suggested that prose writers should write some poetry. He said that poetry is different from the formality of prose. It is something alternative and needs to break the rules. After writing prose for a long time, it is easy to fall into a routine. It is necessary to break it and let the spirit of poetry give the prose lasting vigor, vitality, and long-lasting meaning.

Although in the eyes of writers, there is a clear distinction between prose and poetry. The Argentine poet, novelist, essayist and translator Borges once said, "Where poetry stops, prose begins." Prose appeals to reason, poetry appeals to sensibility; prose is an external perspective, while poetry is an internal perspective; Prose is sober, poetry is drunk; prose is dry food, poetry is wine; prose is a general, poetry is always a warrior, but this does not prevent them from learning from each other.

Teacher Zhang Zhonghai, who bluntly said that he "likes simple things", clearly explained the charm of poetry and prose language: "Only simplicity can be touching; only elegance can be beautiful."

One time, he took his granddaughter to go fishing and soon caught more than 20 fish. The granddaughter picked up four golden poplar leaves and a foxtail grass, which she said were four gold stars and a trophy awarded to him. . He was particularly excited: "Children have such wonderful imaginations. This is the language of poetry."

Poetry must write about one's own life and one's own heart. Teacher Zhang Zhonghai said that it must also have its own technique of expression. Only by having your own thinking can you write a unique flavor.

And poetry doesn’t have to be far away, it is all around us. If you don’t believe me, just ask the flowers on the mountains and the busy bees in the fields. They will definitely nod in agreement. It seems that as long as you calm down inside, everything around you will become vivid and poetic. Whether it is fruits or flowers, whether it is trees or grass, whether it is dignified or playful, even ants and scarabs, they are all characters in a poem.

Even if you cannot become a poet in life, you must live like a poet. Even if you do not write a poem, you must let yourself live a poetic life. In this way, you may be able to write more prose. A little fresh breath.

Just like in "The Master of the Earth", "Father grows food, cares about food, grows vegetables, and cares about vegetables. What a farmer should do seems to have nothing to do with poetry, but in fact it is related to poetry. The father lives in the poem, and the father is doing the things in the poem."

Just like in "Mother's Calligraphy", "Although the five children have achieved their own achievements, the mother told us the most. It’s best to force things, it depends on fate.”

Every day like this is poetry.