How did the number of members of the campus poetry club rise to more than 100?

At the poetry reading meeting of Wuhan University, Li recited his "Cherry Blossoms on Luojia Mountain". Thirty years ago, he recited poems written by himself or others in this way under the cherry tree. He was the first student to stand on the platform of Luojiashan and give a lecture on poetry.

Now, the cherry blossoms have withered, and Luojia Mountain is a new green. At that time, the boy was almost 50 years old, and now he is a poet, writer and editor-in-chief. In the past few decades, Li experienced the glory of campus poetry and saw its decline, but now it has also ushered in a "turning point"-campus poetry seems to be lively again, and poetry activities are one after another, and more and more people participate in or watch it.

In this lively place, campus poetry hums the melody of ups and downs, echoing the voice of the times.

It's warm and cold at first sight.

"A lot of poets came out at once." The poet Xiao Shui was surprised to find out at the beginning of the new century.

This is not unrelated to the rise of the network at that time. "At that time, poetry writing was relatively popular. A writer only needs to publish his works on the forum. If he has a certain level, he will soon be known, respected and become a famous poet. Their education level and social identity may exceed your imagination. " Glory and enlightenment.

However, compared with the excitement on the Internet, the once famous Fudan Poetry Club has a lonely courtyard.

"As far as I know, almost all poetry clubs in colleges and universities died out in 2003. Only Peking University and Fudan University were really active at that time. " Xiaoshui recalled that Fudan Poetry Society was "full of arrogant petty-bourgeois feelings" and was dying, "without any campus activities".

In 2004, Xiaoshui went to Fudan University for postgraduate study. Looking through the poems published by the poetry club, he found that there were only five names among the members of the poetry club, including his name, although he had never joined the poetry club before. So num sent a short message to the then president of the poetry club and a freshman, to the effect that "let me help you". The classmate replied, "You can be president." .

The next day, my classmate threw a plastic bag in front of Xiaoshui, which contained only two things: social management regulations and information of social workers. "He said you were the president, so I became the president." Num said.

With the efforts of Xiaoshui, Fudan Poetry Society has gradually improved since 2005.

At this time, the Langtao Poetry Literature Society of Wuhan University was mainly maintained in the form of "mentoring". "Even after I graduate, there will be at least one or two outstanding poets in each society." Wang Jiaming, a poet who entered the Chinese Department of Wuhan University in 2008, said.

In addition to Wang Jiaming, Wang Leyan, Wang Qi, Han Boxiao, Dong Jinchao and other poets on the campus of Wuhan University also left a deep impression on Rong Guangqi, who was teaching in the College of Literature of Wuhan University at that time. "They are more concerned about life than their peers, examining and thinking about their own lives. Their writing tends to be intellectual, lyrical and pursuing skills, and most of their texts are slightly obscure, which can be said to have certain intellectual characteristics. This is not what camp they deliberately imitate, but their youth, knowledge and talent. "

In Rong Guangqi's view, poets in Peking University, Fudan University and other universities in the same period also had this style to some extent. "I think this is the advantage of campus poetry. This advantage is mainly reflected in a certain artistic consciousness of poetry. "

There are poems to reconcile.

A few days ago, the magnolia blossoms on campus were gratifying, and Liu Chenyang improvised the first poem "Qinyuanchun, Ode to Magnolia in Central China":

It leans on catnip, it is a cloud, it is a dream. It is a kind of powder, a promontory, a nine-fold blue, a charming bird, which spits on the dust, and sometimes it is lined up with other birds. This is a fallen soul. A thousand teams are in Su E, and a dress is sent to try on the jade skeleton. In Yingying, it is on the branch of spring, but it is open for you.

Liu Chenyang, born in 1997, is a sophomore in the top physics class of Huazhong University of Science and Technology, and is currently the president of the Yu Xia Poetry Society. He writes old poems in time, often at a stroke. In his words, "it is probably the inheritance of Qu Yuan, Li Bai, Du Fu and Su Shi in the blood".

There are not a few campus poets like Liu Chenyang nowadays. The campus poetry clubs where he works, such as Yu Xia Poetry Club and Fudan Poetry Club, have eliminated the "cold door" and their members have increased to more than 100. Campus poetry festivals, recitations, lectures and other activities have also attracted more attention.

The reason is that Jiang Tao, an associate professor of Chinese Department in Peking University, believes that "after so many years of rapid economic development, the demand for literature is slowly recovering. However, the post-1995 students on campus generally have good poetry and literature literacy since primary school, and their horizons are broader and their starting point is also very high. In addition, on the one hand, their generation will not worry about food and clothing, but on the other hand, they are also faced with a lot of helplessness in social transformation and change. Their hearts are richer and more complex, and poems with a sense of dialogue with their hearts will easily become their expressions. "

In the afternoon or evening, a group of children with poems talk about life and poetry on the lawn. Some people will play a song while enjoying themselves. If they are not happy, they will go out for dinner and drink ... The pure and pleasant spiritual exchange between poets and their thinking about themselves and life are becoming more and more precious to Li Jincheng, vice president of Fudan Poetry Society. After all, there are many other things waiting for him to be busy, such as study and activities.

"For myself, I must admit that my own poetry education is difficult to compare with the old writers on the basis. Our generation and younger people need more perseverance and determination to persist in this matter. " Li Wanjue, a post-90s poet and master student of Chinese Department in Peking University.

In addition, the plight of the poetry club, an important field for the growth of campus poets, is also obvious. "Poetry is still marginalized on campus, the poetry club lacks strong guidance, the environment is barren, and the writing tradition in the club is declining." Lu Wentao, a student of Anhui Normal University and the current president of Jiangnan Poetry Society, said.

What shall we do? Rong Guangqi's answer is to strengthen literature education and poetry education. "We want to tell people that literary writing is something that everyone with language ability can play, because literature is a special way of speaking and pursues the specific expression of the speaker. The starting point and goal of this concreteness focus on the level of feeling, experience and imagination. The same is true of poetry writing. In communicative language, there are many things that can't be said and are difficult to say, which requires poetry writing.

As for poetry education, Cang Di began to offer poetry courses as early as 1990s. In his view, "the relationship between people and language is lifelong, and it is very important to cultivate the relationship with language." For example, do you want to write something descriptive or metaphorical? How do you understand the world? What is the rationality of this thing? Poetry does not necessarily have an exact answer, but it is an exploration and awakening of life. Law and economy will not tell you this, but it can only be obtained from the perceptual text world. "

As Keating, a teacher in the movie Dead Poets Society, said, we don't read and write poetry because of its dexterity. We read and write poems because we are human beings. Humans are full of enthusiasm. Medicine, law, business and engineering are lofty ideals and necessary conditions for survival. But poetry, beauty, romance and love are the reasons for our existence.