Reading last night

By Ouyang Yu

介绍一下昨晚的诗歌朗诵。凡是诗歌朗诵，都是连小众都不到的微众。我从2019年出版的双语诗集《永败之旗》（Flag of Permanent Defeat）中选读了三首，此处不提。图1的看似华人，其实不是，而是来自泰国的一位女诗人。她唱歌般地朗诵了一首泰文诗，解释说泰国的诗是很讲究押韵的。图2是一位来自伊朗的诗人，他用Farsi（波斯语），朗诵了一首伊朗的诗，也带有歌咏的性质。图3是Mark，一位从俄文到英文的澳大利亚诗人，朗诵了他翻译的两首爱沙尼亚一位女诗人的诗。图4是来自苏格兰背景的Gordon，他用苏格兰口音朗诵了彭斯的一首诗‘Tam o' Shanter’，图5是朗诵会主持人Emma从网上选的一首英国年轻女诗人Kate Tempest朗诵的诗，愤怒、狂野、直言，毫无虚饰或矫情，跟她自己的姓Tempest（暴风雨）很匹配：一个姓暴风雨，叫凯特的诗人，全译便是：暴风雨凯特。
















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