我一直相信天空的颜色是永恒的

——读马勇《疼痛的心灵与泪花》有感

姜群

        有感而发的诗，涌动着生命的激情、豪迈，无病呻吟的诗，像散逛的浪子。当我读到马勇的这几句话时，一下子就被吸引了。就如同我相信永恒一样，看着眼前的四百多首有生命力的短诗，我几乎一气呵成地读完。

所谓诗之法，无外乎简洁，抒情，柔和，自由而绝非故作。说实话看这个诗集的题目显得有点沉重，但是仔细通读了全篇又感受到了作者对生活的热爱和内心的火热。

       诗歌的创作多种多样，尤其是新诗，大家知道新诗在中国的发展也不过百余年的光景。我们都还在学习的路上 ，还有很大的发展空间值得我们学习和探索。诗歌的写作最终也离不开真善美三个字 。善美这两个相对比较好解释了。 真字我认为除了真实以外 ，也包括丑的甚至恶的东西 ，而不是虚情假意和口号似的喊叫。比如诗人的这首

黄昏

低垂

雅鲁藏布江的哀思

气势磅礴

灌木林、藏羚羊

雄鹰……联袂鼓噪

朗读：一泻千里的

金光闪闪

        虽然只是短短几句话，却把黄昏后的雅鲁藏布江畔写的有声有色。我们仿佛看到了藏羚羊和雄鹰的低鸣，在青藏高原的天空下人与自然浑然一体的意境。这种画面感非常强烈，让读者仿佛植入其中。人离不开自然，我们的文字也始终是自然力量主导下的人生符号。再比如这首

岩石团结得滴水不漏

放眼——

仙人击鼓

飞鸟射云

蔓延的残缺顺藤

摸瓜

花斑走兽

撞响森林

翠绿诗歌蜻蜓点染

独步烟云

守身如玉

       这首诗的大气和意境更令人拍手叫绝。在我创作的三十年的经验上感觉，诗歌作为一种文学形式， 更适合个体的独立思考和解放 ，它让我们更理性更冷静地面对眼前的现实。

        某种意义上说诗歌的真情实感，就是人类内心挣扎的过程和我们眼里看到心里想到的客观现实。包括丑的甚至恶的都需要我们用诗来记录它 。再比如这首

金子，离开了人的视线

等同沙泥

金子的光泽

填不饱贪婪的

荣华富贵……

血腥争夺

尸骨未寒——

这首小诗富有很强的哲理，时代在变，在这个物欲横流的社会，一些人对金钱的渴望其实都是短暂的。诗人在这里用鄙视的语言写下了金子一旦不为人所用就等同沙泥，分文不值。

       诗歌不仅是歌功颂德 ，也要客观的反应出社会的现实甚至揭露出人性的丑恶。

        前几年我们作协搞了一次专题培训会，诗人毕志也表达了和我一样的观点 。其实大家想一想 我们身边的诗歌绝大多数都是风花雪月或者歌颂的 ，缺少真实的客观的甚至批判的语言和声音。

        诗歌是可以解开伤疤的，就看怎么去写去把握 。这个世界需要我们关注的东西太多了，世间万物本身都是对立的矛盾的，有欢乐就有忧愁 ，在我们写诗人的内心深处一定要有清醒的认识警觉。在这首诗里，我们可以看到诗人内心的痛楚和呈现。

封喉利刃

非一日之寒

破冰船扬长而去

水，噬咬着自己僵硬的家族

文化

刻刀

塑造自己的同时

划出道道沟壑

神鸟

衔石

阳光靠岸

       过去有人常提忧患的意识 现在看来也不过时 。先抛开诗歌的成就和写的好坏不说 ，诗人本身要有忧患的意识 ，诗歌是解放我们苦闷心灵的一把钥匙 ，也是解放我们思想的老师 。再看这首

叶片是森林茂盛的细胞

云彩是雄鹰陪不够的风景

空气是不愿留名的默默奉献

雨露是强忍不住的受心热泪

春风是催生万物的奶娘

阳光是天宇坦诚的告白

       诗人首先要立足人性的思考，然后才是怎样写的问题 。我强调的还是心灵深处不易察觉的诗歌本源的东西。诗人写到“春风是催生万物的奶娘”多么形象贴切的比喻啊。这就是诗歌语言的艺术感染力。其中诗歌语言的张力很重要，尤其现代诗歌语言也要有音乐感画面感包括转折也就是跳跃，诗歌的语言要有翅膀，这样才能让诗意飞翔。

诗歌也需要沉淀，语言也需要发酵的。一个好的诗人必须做到巧妙地运用暗喻隐喻，发挥语言的极限，而且不留技巧上的痕迹。

        这些年我一直在思考这个问题。为什么要写诗？尤其在这个物欲横流的时代诗坛是如此的孤独， 我们还是要做这个寂寞文坛的守望者 就因为它凝聚着我们几千年文化的一种潜意识里的苏醒、自觉和对社会某种现象的救赎 ，也是文人风骨的一种体现。

        诗歌可以用最简洁的语言和多种多样的表现手法，完成这个任务 让写诗的人和读者完成心灵的共鸣和相互的交融。

这也是诗歌存在的意义。

        我们写诗一定要把内心深处的疼痛感写出来 就是把内心深处最真实的想法呈现给读者 达到天地人合一的语言境界。

在别人眼里凸现

我的外观

无私奉献

我的枯瘦

在自己的镜中

彼此谅解

我真实的步调

在神的庇护下

进退维谷

人性落差

如隔三秋

       类似这种境界的语言在马勇的诗集里轻易可见。我认为好的诗歌离不开人性的写作和对人性的认知 。人类社会通过文学作品的滋养 有了对事物和自然的高度认知追求善良和美好 。短诗虽短但内涵不浅，尤其有意境有韵味的句子往往令人有更长久的回味。马勇的诗恰好迎合了我的口味。

       古今中外所有伟大的诗人他们的内心都会装着大爱和大善 ，但是伟大的诗人毕竟是极少数的 。我们只是一群小小的诗歌爱好者 在这个社会上我们还很弱小 ，弱小到要为了生存拼命生活， 生活的沉重只能让我们退缩到诗歌里寻找慰藉 坚守灵魂和诗人要有的底线。

        我始终认为，一个好的诗人一定“不要为了写诗而写诗”那样不会出现太好的作品。 诗歌一定要有感而发 ，只有发自心灵的感应才有可能碰触到彼此心灵的火花 ， 获得大家的认可和尊重。这里马勇基本做到了这一点。

       马勇的诗简洁、纯净、朴实，没有过多的炫技和铺垫，只是娓娓道来，他就像一个生活阅历丰富的长者在轻轻地讲述他的内心世界，让大家看到他笔下的生活和容忍。我们有理由相信，诗人马勇通过自身的努力和对诗歌的追求，一定会在诗坛上熠熠生辉的，我们期待着这一天早日到来。

本文作者简介：

姜群，现任中国微信诗歌学会辽宁分会会长，辽宁诗人微刊执行主编。沈阳市和平区作协副主席，驼铃诗社社长。

I have always believed that the color of the sky is eternal

——Thoughts on Ma Yong's "The Painful Soul and Tears"

Jiang Qun

Poems that express one's feelings are surging with the passion and boldness of life. Poems that moan without being ill are like wandering libertines. When I read these words of Ma Yong, I was immediately attracted. Just as I believe in eternity, looking at more than 400 vigorous short poems before my eyes, I finished reading them almost in one go.

The so-called rules of poetry are nothing more than simplicity, lyricism, softness, and freedom, rather than being artificial. To be honest, looking at the title of this poetry collection seems a bit heavy, but after carefully reading the entire text, one can feel the author's love for life and the passion in his heart. 

The creation of poetry is diverse, especially new poetry. As we all know, the development of new poetry in China has only been for a little over a hundred years. We are all still on the road of learning, and there is still much room for development worthy of our study and exploration. The writing of poetry ultimately cannot be separated from the three words of truth, goodness, and beauty. The meanings of goodness and beauty are relatively easier to explain. As for the word "truth", in my opinion, apart from reality, it also includes ugly or even evil things, rather than false sentiments and slogan-like shouting. For example, in the poet's this poem:

Dusk

Hanging low 

The grief of the Yarlung Zangbo River

Magnificent

Shrub forests, Tibetan antelopes

Eagles... jointly making noises

Reading aloud: The glittering 

Flowing freely for thousands of miles 

Although it is only a few short sentences, it vividly describes the banks of the Yarlung Zangbo River after dusk. We seem to see the low cries of Tibetan antelopes and eagles, and the artistic conception of the harmony between man and nature under the sky of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. This sense of picture is very strong, making readers seem to be immersed in it. People cannot be separated from nature, and our words are always life symbols dominated by the power of nature. Another example is this poem 

The rocks are united tightly without any leakage.

Look far into the distance -

The immortal beats the drum

The flying birds shoot at the clouds 

The spreading incomplete follows the vine

Investigate by following clues

Spotted wild animals

Ring the forest 

The emerald green poem is dotted by dragonflies

Walk alone in the mist and cloud

Remain chaste as jade 

The grandeur and artistic conception of this poem are even more amazing. Based on my thirty years of creative experience, I feel that poetry, as a literary form, is more suitable for individual independent thinking and liberation. It enables us to face the current reality more rationally and calmly. 

In a certain sense, the true feelings of poetry are the process of human inner struggle and the objective reality we see and think about in our hearts. Even the ugly and even the evil need us to record them with poetry. For example, this poem 

Gold, out of human sight

Equivalent to sand and mud

The luster of gold

Can't fill the greed

High position and great wealth...

Bloody contention

The body is not yet cold --

This little poem is rich in strong philosophy. Times are changing. In this materialistic society, some people's desire for money is actually short-lived. Here, the poet wrote in contemptuous language that once gold is not used by people, it is equivalent to sand and mud and worthless.

Poetry is not only singing praises but also objectively reflecting the reality of society and even exposing the ugliness of human nature.

A few years ago, our Writers' Association held a special training session. The poet Bi Zhi also expressed the same view as me. In fact, if you think about it, the vast majority of the poems around us are about romantic affairs or praises, lacking real, objective and even critical language and voices.

Poetry can uncover scars, depending on how to write and grasp it. There are too many things in this world that need our attention. Everything in the world is inherently opposed and contradictory. There is joy and there is sorrow. In the hearts of us poets, we must have a clear awareness and vigilance. In this poem, we can see the pain and presentation in the poet's heart. 

A sharp weapon to slit the throat

Not formed in a single day

The icebreaker left in a proud manner

Water, gnawing at its own stiff family

Culture

Carving knife

While shaping oneself

Drawing numerous gullies

Divine bird

Holding a stone

Sunshine landing on the shore

In the past, some people often mentioned the sense of hardship and worry. It seems not outdated now. Regardless of the achievements and the quality of the poetry first, the poet himself should have the sense of hardship and worry. Poetry is a key to liberate our depressed souls and also a teacher to liberate our thoughts. Take a look at this one

Leaves are the flourishing cells of the forest

Clouds are the scenery that the eagles can't accompany enough

Air is the silent dedication that doesn't want to leave a name

Rain and dew are the tears of compassion that can't be held back

Spring breeze is the wet nurse that gives birth to all things

Sunshine is the candid confession of the sky

Firstly, the poet should base on the thinking of human nature, and then it is the question of how to write. What I emphasize is still the things at the source of poetry that are not easily noticed in the depth of the soul. The poet wrote, "Spring breeze is the wet nurse that gives birth to all things." What a vivid and appropriate metaphor! This is the artistic appeal of the language of poetry. Among them, the tension of the language of poetry is very important. Especially for modern poetry, the language should also have a sense of music, a sense of picture, including transitions, that is, leaps. The language of poetry should have wings so that the poetry can fly.

Poetry also needs precipitation, and the language also needs fermentation. A good poet must skillfully use metaphors and metonymies, exert the limit of the language, and leave no traces of skills. 

All these years I have been thinking about this question. Why write poetry? Especially in this materialistic era when the poetry circle is so lonely. We still have to be the guardians of this lonely literary world. Just because it embodies a kind of awakening and consciousness in our subconsciousness that condenses thousands of years of our culture and the redemption of certain social phenomena. It is also a manifestation of the literary spirit.

Poetry can complete this task with the most concise language and various expressions, allowing poets and readers to achieve spiritual resonance and mutual integration.

This is also the meaning of the existence of poetry.

When we write poetry, we must express the pain in the depth of our hearts, that is, present the truest thoughts in the depth of our hearts to readers and reach the language realm of the unity of heaven, earth and man.

Highlight

My appearance in the eyes of others

Selfless dedication

My emaciation

In my own mirror

Mutual understanding

My true pace

Under the protection of God

Be in a dilemma

The gap of human nature

Be as separated for three autumns 

Languages of this realm can be easily found in Ma Yong's poetry collection. I believe that good poetry cannot be separated from the writing of humanity and the cognition of humanity. Through the nourishment of literary works, human society has a high-level cognition of things and nature, and pursues kindness and beauty. Short poems are short but not shallow in connotation. Especially sentences with artistic conception and charm often leave people with a longer aftertaste. Ma Yong's poems just suit my taste. 

All the great poets at all times and in all countries have great love and kindness in their hearts. However, great poets are after all very few. We are just a group of small poetry lovers. In this society, we are still very weak. So weak that we have to struggle to survive. The heaviness of life can only make us retreat into poetry to seek consolation and adhere to the bottom line that the soul and poets should have. 

I always believe that a good poet must "not write poetry just for the sake of writing poetry", otherwise, very good works will not appear. Poetry must be expressed with feelings. Only the感应 from the heart can possibly touch the spark of each other's hearts and gain recognition and respect from everyone. Here, Ma Yong has basically achieved this point. 

Ma Yong's poems are concise, pure and simple. There are not too many showy techniques and foreshadowing. He just tells the story gently. He is like an elder with rich life experience, gently narrating his inner world, allowing everyone to see the life and tolerance in his writings. We have reasons to believe that the poet Ma Yong, through his own efforts and pursuit of poetry, will surely shine brightly in the poetry circle. We are looking forward to the early arrival of this day.

Author's Profile:

Jiang Qun is currently the president of the Liaoning Branch of the Chinese WeChat Poetry Society, and the executive editor of Liaoning Poets' WeChat Publication. He is the vice chairperson of the Writers' Association of Heping District, Shenyang City, and the president of the Camel Bell Poetry Society.