所有的诗人及其读者都会问这样的问题:诗歌重要吗?我们可能会以不同的方式提出这个问题。我们可能会问:在更广阔的世界中,诗歌重要吗?诗歌有力量改变甚至影响我们所想、所感、所信、所为和所求吗?它会赢得我恋人的心吗?它会让我的孩子永保平安吗?它能调节气候、消除饥饿、扶正压邪、终止战争吗?诗歌可以带来持久的和平吗?问题并不在于一首或几首诗是否名垂青史,影响深远。诗歌的影响一直是巨大的。许多诗人的诗作还在继续改变着人们的生活,一些诗人, All poets and their readers ask the question: Is poetry important? We may raise the issue in different ways. We might ask: Is poetry important in a wider world? Will poetry have the power to change or even affect what we want, feel, believe, do and desire? Will it win my lover’s heart? It will make me Is it possible to regulate the climate, to eradicate hunger, to fight evil, to extinguish evil, to end the war? Can poetry bring lasting peace? The question is not whether the first or a few poems hold their own names in the history and have far-reaching effects. The influence of poetry has always been enormous. Many poets’ poems continue to change people’s lives. Some poets,