YSXM000793 / 这是诗吗

By Ouyang Yu


如果仅看这个片段，我的判断比上一段更保留一些。

它有一种现代诗常见的“碎片感”和“切片感”，例如“真的”“因”“意到”“的宇宙有生在”“里，一个。还”“写作”“ey, letters, ta”等彼此断裂的词语，让人意识到这不是为了传递完整信息，而是在呈现语言的残片、阅读过程本身，或者文本被截断后的状态。从当代实验诗的角度，这种材料完全可以成为诗的一部分。

但是，仅凭这个片段本身，我还感受不到足够的诗性。它更像是一本书页或文档被裁切后的局部，而不是一个经过艺术选择形成的语言结构。换句话说，如果这是作者有意把“阅读中的残缺”作为诗歌手法，那么它可以成立；如果只是因为截图、排版或复制造成的偶然残片，那么它本身还不能算是一首诗。现代诗允许不完整，但“不完整”本身并不能自动产生诗意，关键还是作者是否通过这种断裂创造了新的意义、节奏或张力。

所以，相比前一张图，我觉得前者更接近一首诗的开始；而这一张，目前更像是诗的材料，而不是诗本身。除非把它放回整件作品中，证明这种“碎裂”是整体构思的一部分，否则单独看，我不会轻易把它称为一首诗。

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