1. The Art of Poetry ………………………………………………………… 1
詩歌藝術
1) Ars Poetica ……………………………………………………………… 6
2) Mozart, 1935 …………………………………………………………… 11
3) The Man with the Blue Guitar ………………………………………… 16
4) From the Frontier of Writing …………………………………………… 21
5) Belfast Confetti ………………………………………………………… 27
2. Empire and Imperialism (1) …………………………………………… 31
帝國與帝國主義(1)
1) The Tempest (from Act I, Scene 2) …………………………………… 36
2) The Sailor, Who Had Served in the Slave Trade ……………………… 45
3) Middle Passage ………………………………………………………… 59
3. Empire and Imperialism (2) …………………………………………… 81
帝國與帝國主義(2)
1) Ode on Lord Macartney Embassy to China …………………………… 86
2) The Ballad of East and West …………………………………………… 95
3) The Vanishing Red ……………………………………………………… 106
4) Meeting the British ……………………………………………………… 112
5) Ocean’s Love to Ireland ………………………………………………… 117
4. War and Memory (1) …………………………………………………… 123
戰爭與記憶(1)
1) Strange Meeting ………………………………………………………… 128
2) MCMXIV ……………………………………………………………… 135
3) Platform One …………………………………………………………… 141
4) Last Post ………………………………………………………………… 146
5) The Christmas Truce …………………………………………………… 152
5. War and Memory (2) …………………………………………………… 163
戰爭與記憶(2)
1) Little Gidding II (Excerpt) ……………………………………………… 168
2) Refugee Blues ………………………………………………………… 178
3) Shooting Stars ………………………………………………………… 185
4) Shrapnel ………………………………………………………………… 190
5) Initial Illumination ……………………………………………………… 199
6. Class and Social Justice (1) ……………………………………………… 207
階級與社會正義(1)
1) The Thresher’s Labour (Excerpt) ……………………………………… 212
2) The Cry of the Children(Excerpt) …………………………………… 220
3) The Song of the Low …………………………………………………… 230
4) John Clare Helpston c. 1820 …………………………………………… 237
5) Tom Palin at Cinderloo ………………………………………………… 242
7. Class and Social Justice (2) ……………………………………………… 249
階級與社會正義(2)
1) The Community Charge, How Will It Work for You ………………… 254
2) The Spaces Left Bare …………………………………………………… 259
3) Peace …………………………………………………………………… 263
4) Two Years from Retirement, My Neighbor Contemplates Canada …… 269
5) Widening Income Inequality …………………………………………… 276
8. Gender and Women (1) …………………………………………………… 285
性別與女性(1)
1) Mirror …………………………………………………………………… 290
2) Bloody Men …………………………………………………………… 295
3) Helen of Troy Does Countertop Dancing ……………………………… 299
4) Planetarium …………………………………………………………… 310
5) Siren …………………………………………………………………… 318
9. Gender and Women (2) …………………………………………………… 323
性別與女性(2)
1) The Victory ……………………………………………………………… 328
2) In Celebration of My Uterus …………………………………………… 332
3) Morning Song …………………………………………………………… 340
4) The Mother ……………………………………………………………… 346
5) To a Daughter Leaving Home ………………………………………… 352
10. Ecology and Environment (1) ………………………………………… 357
生態與環境(1)
1) The Sea-Elephant ……………………………………………………… 361
2) Plea for a Captive ……………………………………………………… 371
3) The Call of the Wild …………………………………………………… 376
4) Parliament ……………………………………………………………… 383
5) Move …………………………………………………………………… 390
11. Ecology and Environment (2) ………………………………………… 395
生態與環境(2)
1) Nuclear Family ………………………………………………………… 400
2) Last Snowman ………………………………………………………… 411
3) Doppler Effect ………………………………………………………… 416
4) World …………………………………………………………………… 421
5) Ice Would Sufffce ……………………………………………………… 425
12. Aging and Senility (1) …………………………………………………… 429
老齡化與衰老(1)
1) All the World’s a Stage (from As You Like It, Act II, scene vii) ……… 433
2) Ode: Intimations of Immortality(Excerpt) ………………………… 438
3) Ulysses ………………………………………………………………… 447
4) Growing Old …………………………………………………………… 456
5) I Look into My Glass ………………………………………………… 462
14. Philosophy of Love ……………………………………………………… 495
愛的哲學
1) To — …………………………………………………………………… 500
2) The Selling of a Soul …………………………………………………… 504
3) When You Are Old …………………………………………………… 508
4) Those Winter Sundays ………………………………………………… 512
5) My Papa’s Waltz ……………………………………………………… 516