我写诗，就率直、平淡地去写
言下之意，就是不刻意追求
那些花边镶袖的多余修饰
力求严密，用些常见的词语，像
沉重，心灵，快乐，和迅速
我偏爱问号及其强悍的胞妹━
破折号。我借助宁静的手笔，一边写
一边穿越这遍布雏菊，万年青
和平凡的荮草的清新原野；一边写
一边感恩上苍赐予的面包和甘霖
让我的诗成为
吟唱万物的歌曲，但不含有希望
也没有什么保证。让我的诗
深入大地和穹苍的尽处，去探访
那些无人知晓的事物。我用诗
赞美心灵的虔诚，颂扬世界的光明；
而这种欣喜，无须任何言语，就能述说一切.
(Dec. 06, 2007 Saratoga Springs, NY, US)
Everything by Mary Oliver
I want to make poems that say right out, plainly,
what I mean, that don't go looking for the
laces of elaboration, puffed sleeves. I want to
keep close and use often words like
Heavy, heart, joy, soon, and to cherish
the question mark and her bold sister--
the dash. I want to write with quite hands. I
want to write while crossing the fields that are
fresh with daisies and everlasting and the
ordinary grass. I want to make poems while thinking of
the bread of heaven and the
cup of astonishment; let them be
songs in which nothing is neglected,
not a hope, not a promise. I want to make poems
that looks into the earth and the heavens
and see the un seeable. I want them to honor
both the heart of faith, and the light of the would;
the gladness that says, without any words, everything.
from Mary Oliver 《New and Selected Poems》Volume Two
