诗和臧老50年代中期,中国作家协会办的刊物很少,全国更无一份诗歌刊物。有鉴于此,1956年10月,我贸然给臧克家先生一封信,希望他办一份诗刊,信是中国作家协会转的。没想到没过几天,便收到了臧先生给我的一封亲笔复信,信中说,他正在筹办《诗刊》,由他任主编,严辰任 Poetry and Zang La In the mid-1950s, there were few publications run by the Chinese Writers’ Association, and there was no more poetry publication throughout the country. In view of this, in October 1956, I rashly sent a letter to Mr. Zang Kejia, hoping he would do a poem, which was transferred by the Chinese Writers Association. I did not expect a few days later, I received a copy of Mr. Zang gave me a personal reply, the letter said he was preparing “Poetry” by his chief editor, Yan Chen Ren