诗和散文之争乃是诗与哲学之争的变形记,面对日趋散文化的世界,诗人继续写诗已然是对诗的最有力辩护,关于诗歌或艺术的随笔,不妨当作诗歌行动的延伸。目前的时代不仅对诗歌,而且对承载着原创性思想和历史记忆的散文同样不利。我不是真正意义上的旅行家,我写下的异域生活片断多为印象式的记录,读者尽可将它们视为诗歌的本事、书信或日记残篇。—宋琳 The struggle between poetry and prose is the transmutation of the dispute between poetry and philosophy. Facing the increasingly scattered world, it is already the most powerful defense for the poet to continue to write poetry. Essays on poetry or art can be regarded as poetic actions extend. The current era is equally detrimental not only to poetry but also to essays bearing original ideas and historical memories. I am not a traveler in the real sense of the word. I wrote many more fragments of exotic life as an impressionistic record that readers could regard as a poem, a letter or a diary. - Song Lin