On Poet's Prose of Self-knowledge and Self-esteem

What is a poet? Baidu Encyclopedia explained that a poet refers to a person who is engaged in the creation of poetry as a literary genre, has made certain achievements and has a certain reputation in the field of poetry creation. I understand that poets are not only people who write poems, but also have certain achievements and popularity. Looking around the world today, poets seem to be everywhere. Anyone who writes poetry is called a poet. Considering the characteristics of today's times, this does not violate the definition of a poet. Because it is not a miracle to sit in front of the computer and type ten poems every day, as long as you are willing to start work, you will achieve something, not to mention the so-called "certain achievement" has no specific measure. It is also because in today's information age, as long as a person hangs his name on the Internet, publishes a few poems on websites and folk magazines, and attends several invited meetings, he will have a certain popularity. Here, I temporarily accept the title of this kind of poet, and I admit that all the "poets" here are poets.

I don't think I am a poet, and even a poet is only a beginner at best. I have been writing a novel. Writing novels is an amateur, writing more than one million words, and few of them are of good quality. Writing poetry is an amateur after amateur. I still consider myself a student in the field of poetry. By rights, I am not qualified to say anything to other poets. However, some ethos in the field of contemporary poetry, especially in the field of online poetry, is quite worrying. Even if I stand from the perspective of an ordinary literature lover, not a poet, I feel obligated to say a few words about the poet's self-knowledge and self-esteem here.

When it comes to poets, of course, there should still be differences between high, medium and low. Of course, this difference does not come from personality. To put it simply, a poet's achievements are large and small, and his popularity is high and low, which determines that there are also great poets, ordinary poets and poets of the younger generation. Obviously, great poets must be famous with great achievements, high popularity and high level, followed by ordinary poets and junior poets. But among the poets all over the world today, some people don't want to admit that they are junior poets or ordinary poets, but they always pretend to be great poets. However, this is understandable. Since we have embarked on the road of writing poetry, who doesn't want to be a celebrity in the eyes of others and be respected or even admired by others? Even if you know that you are not a celebrity, it is really understandable to be called a "famous poet" or a "teacher" several times for nothing, and you can get a kind of comfort and even a kind of enjoyment in your heart. However, some people who have never published a decent collection of poems, published a decent poem in a decent newspaper or even written a poem that others like want to be called "famous poets" and "teachers", which is too vain. However, even so, it is understandable. After all, just coveting vanity will not affect others, not to mention vanity can also bring confidence in some specific occasions. But what people can't understand is that some people have no real skills, but as long as they are flattered by others on the Internet, they will get carried away and pose as a great poet. Today, they are pointing fingers here, and tomorrow, they will be like celebrities. What's more, just because I wrote a few self-righteous poems that I can't even understand and others can't understand, I blame others on websites, blogs and chat groups. It's neither that nor that. Today you accuse the official newspaper or "official position" of not representing the trend, and tomorrow you accuse the poets around you of not knowing poetry at all. It seems that only he in China can understand poetry. Some even hit people and swear at every turn. The tone is loud, the tone is crazy, and the words are vicious, which is really outrageous.

These arrogant people are naturally among those who don't know themselves and respect themselves. They put themselves at a height that should not be put, suspended in the air like light smoke, and will certainly be blown to pieces by a breeze one day. Of course, in the field of poetry, such arrogant people should still be a minority, but these few people, like a few mouse droppings, stink up the whole warehouse, making the poetry world, especially the online poetry world, smouldering and bickering, tearing the peace and gentleness that the poetry world should have to pieces, and making some real poets, or those who are really trying to write poetry, restless. Websites, blogs, and literary exchange groups all have such people, so I won't list them one by one here. Save some face for others so as not to hurt their respect.

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Poetry is the highest literary form. As a poet, of course, he is not an ordinary scholar. According to common sense, a poet should have a higher level, higher character, higher manners and higher cultivation than others. A poet should have a more rational brain, sharper thinking, more accurate vision, a correct view of society, others and himself than others. In a practical sense, as a poet, it is extremely important to treat yourself correctly. A person who can't even see clearly himself will not see clearly others, society and everything in society. Letting such a person write real poems is tantamount to letting ivory grow out of a horse's mouth-counting on the wrong person. Looking at yourself correctly is called self-knowledge. For a person, self-knowledge is the basic requirement, just as a person's face needs complete five senses. Only when people know themselves can they respect themselves, and only when they respect themselves can they be respected by others. The so-called "people are expensive and self-aware" is the truth.

As a poet, you should know your own weight and ability. To put it bluntly, you should know how heavy, how deep and how shallow you are. Through comparison and measurement, we should put ourselves in the whole world of poetry and see where we can be in the world of poetry. We should not only see what advantages we have compared with others, but also what shortcomings we have. Always compare your own shortcomings with others' advantages and learn from others' advantages to make up for your own shortcomings. Instead of just looking at how many poems you have written and how many manuscripts you have sent on the media without any barriers, you think that you are superior, and you always pretend to be a great poet, and even take out the style of a great poet to accuse this lesson. In fact, this is a sign of lack of strength and a sign of guilty conscience. As soon as this style comes out, it will make your inferiority and incompetence easily exposed to people.

Looking at today's poetry world, those who are really famous are very modest. In the face of young poetry lovers or unknown poets, their posture is also modest and low-key.

I remember one day in the 1980s, when I was just a teenager, I was lucky enough to meet Gu Cheng, a famous poet, at a pen meeting in Guangzhou with the courage of a military uniform. Although Gu Cheng's almost weird eyes startled me at that time, when I handed him my poem for advice, I was deeply moved by his seriousness and modesty. He read my poem, tore off a piece of paper and said to me, "Your poem has connotation and momentum and is worth learning. Don't worship me, you should try to be worshipped by others. " I was moved to tears, but when he carefully gestured on the torn paper and talked to me about the revision of the poem in a consulting tone, I could hardly believe that the most brilliant poet was sitting in front of me.

Over the years, I have been fortunate to know Mr. Zhu Hong, a famous contemporary writer and poet. The name Zhu Hong is not loud in China's literary and poetic circles today. As the director of the editorial office of China Federation of Literary and Art Circles Publishing House, he is a great writer and poet, and the winner of national famous awards such as "Xu Zhimo Poetry Award", "Lao She Literature Award" and "First Prize of CCTV Poetry and Prose Competition". But every time I see him, I am moved by his affability and approachability. He never pretends to be conceited in the face of any of our advice. Even if our works are no matter how good, he will never be dissatisfied with his face and not criticize him. He has only serious and highly responsible guidance. He is always like a friend without reservation, which benefits us a lot.

Celebrities are celebrities. Celebrities have their own level, personality, demeanor and self-cultivation, which is why they will become real celebrities. Even though some famous artists are fascinated by poetry, they have never been fascinated by poetry, that is to say, they can be fascinated by writing poetry, but they have never been fascinated by writing good poetry. And those who think they are famous, but everyone specifically denies others, accuses others, attacks others and even insults others, of course, they will never be famous.

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Poetry needs contention to develop and prosper. Therefore, China's literary world has advocated a hundred schools of thought since ancient times, but the purpose of a hundred schools of thought is to let a hundred flowers blossom. Contention is an academic argument and admiration. Through this argument and admiration, we can carry forward our own styles and promote the progress and prosperity of the whole poetry circle. It is a kind of self-affirmation based on accommodating others, not a total denial of others based on individual self-affirmation, and it is not a quarrel, attack and abuse in the ordinary sense. Today, many different schools and styles of poetry have appeared, showing unprecedented prosperity, which is the result of a hundred schools of thought contending. The topic returned to the poet's self-knowledge and self-esteem. Poets should participate in this debate with profound academic foundation. If you don't have substantial achievements in the field of poetry, devote yourself to research and make a breakthrough in creative style, you are not qualified to participate in the competition. Poets should have this self-knowledge. Knowing that your foundation is too shallow, you should concentrate on your study, learn from the strengths of others, make up for your own shortcomings, write your own style on the basis of improving your basic skills, and then participate in competitions to promote your own style. Otherwise, it will be regarded as childish and even become a joke in poetry.

A poet must have the poise and accomplishment that a poet should have before he can participate in the contention. Any argument that is too extreme and emotional is not a real argument. From ancient times to the present, the comments of celebrities can reflect the demeanor and cultivation of famous people. Although they can sometimes be sharp-tongued, no one will ever push their own views at the expense of completely denying others or even hurting their personality and dignity. Therefore, the ancients have always emphasized that a hundred schools of thought should contend in harmony but not in diversity, and they should tolerate the existence of others while affirming themselves. Of course, the arrogance of today's online poetry mentioned in the article cannot be said on the level of a hundred schools of thought contending. The reason why I want to say a hundred schools of thought contend here is to tell those arrogant people not to use the noble guise of a hundred schools of thought to defend their low performance.

In today's poetry circles, especially online poetry circles, there are indeed many poets. Although some poets have written some good poems, we have to admit that there are not many poets who are truly accomplished and hierarchical, and even fewer are truly accomplished and famous. In addition to those famous poets who are truly powerful and at the top of China's poetry circles, on the Internet, I think there are Qi Qige, Yu, Che, Jingchuan, Whispering, Zhang Jun, Sha Shili, Jiang Xiaoyong, Sabin's left hand, Suzuki's angry son and so on. Still an accomplished and influential poet, he should be more like me. Although they have written many poems, they are at least average. Since most of us are poets wandering in the middle and lower reaches of the poetry circle, we should know our own weight, straighten our position, and even more, straighten our mentality, absorb more nutrients from others in the poetry circle and improve our level. You should work harder, talk less, and don't be carried away by a ray of sunshine, even brilliant enough to burn others. In this way, you may be burned to death in the end, not others.

The poet's self-knowledge and self-esteem are very important to the poetry circle, and even more important to the online poetry circle. Because whether a poet knows himself or respects himself is not only related to his reputation, but also affects the atmosphere of the whole poetry circle, thus affecting the image of all poets. Here, I would like to remind poets that in today's era, their self-knowledge and self-esteem are not only a character, but also a responsibility for poets. Therefore, while writing good poems, we should also strengthen our self-cultivation, walk on the road of poetry with a good attitude, and be a truly poetic poet instead of a fanatic who doesn't know the depth. Of course, all poets should also keep their eyes open, stick to justice, do not indulge and accommodate all arrogant people who disturb the poetry world, and give a strong counterattack when necessary. Especially in the field of online poetry, managers of websites or communication groups should clean up those ignorant and arrogant people who neither know themselves nor respect themselves, so as to maintain the purity of online poetry and the purity of the whole poem.