轻轻发光。一个预言开幕
在我成为我以前，还是
更古老的阴影里？
那疼痛在抖动，巨大的
疼痛，海水分开陆地
无法命名的疼痛刻度，
然后你是歌谣，母亲。
你的完整性闪耀。
在啼哭时和散步时，在拯救
与怜悯之间，在干瘪的生活
淹没我们以前。
一种语言生长着，像井水一样
冰凉而精确，分句、分句，
对破碎的碗，我们抚慰：
保持那冷然的完整性！
嘲讽吧，他们拥有嘲讽的权利
对残缺，或对某种命定。
你在光的深处发光，
漫长的音节落在土里，
榆树在歌唱，榆树在歌唱：
我没有传统，
如果我有，那就是你。
Winner of Poetry in Chinese
平庸之作
这是写于2023年的一部作品。疫情从顶峰走向终结，但是我们的创伤却远未愈合。维系我们情感的是爱，带给我们创痛的是死。死亡或许正是爱的催化剂，或者，这两者都是人类的倒影？在这部作品中，我试图以爱与死亡交织的主题来展现人类的处境，以及面对这种处境，我们又在心灵上做出了怎样的回答。
Mediocre
These lines were written in 2023. The pandemic is over, but the world is far from healing. It is love that keeps it whole. It is death that brings about pain. Perhaps, the catalyst for love is death itself? Could love and death simply be our own reflection? I tried to use love and death and their intertwining relations to present the situation that human have put ourselves in, and the way we face it. How do we answer to our souls?
作品节选 | Excerpt:《传统》
爾思出版, 2023
评判评语
诗集名为《平庸之作》，只是诗人的自谦。这是何杉的第二部诗集，但他已经写作多年。作者在诗集扉页上有这样的献词“献给在疫病大流行中逝去的生命”，这是一部拒绝遗忘的记忆之书，何杉以敏锐的洞察力和深挚的感情真实地描述了在疫情期间的真实感受，他用极具创新意识的语言为无法言说之事发声，以感人的力量描述了我们的悲剧性经历，写尽了至暗时刻的悲痛和绝望。在诗集中，何杉始终在直面死亡、追问生死：“我们一辈子都在参加葬礼/只有在最后一个葬礼中，我们/才成为了主角。”何杉以诗人应有的独立见解完成了这部与时代遭遇相称的力作，他的诗因其所具有的理想主义和人道主义精神闪耀出沉郁的诗意之美。”
Judges' Comments
Naming this collection of poems Mediocre is self-deprecation by the poet. Even though this is only Wang’s second poetry collection, he has been writing for many years. On the title page, the author dedicated his work to “the lives lost in the pandemic”. This is a book of recollections that refuses to forget. With keen insights and rich emotions, Wang uses highly innovative language to speak for the unspeakable, describes our tragic experiences with moving power, and writes about the grief and despair of the darkest hour. In the book, he faces death and asks questions about life and death from start to end. He wrote: We attend funerals all our lives/Only at the last funeral, we/become the protagonists. Showcasing the independent insights expected of a poet, Wang completed this masterpiece that is commensurate with the times. His poems shine with the melancholy of poetic beauty through their idealism and humanitarian spirit.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
王哲
本科毕业于华东师大中文系，硕士毕业于南洋理工大学中文系。移民新加坡二十年，目前是教育部的华文教师；也是新加坡南洋理工大学博士候选人。2020年，作品《未至之境》发表于《单读25-争夺记忆》；2021年，获新加坡金笔奖（诗歌奖）三等奖；2022年，第一部作品集《一个时刻》由新加坡新文潮出版社出版。2023年，第二部诗集《平庸之作》由台湾尔思出版社出版。
Wang Zhe
Wang Zhe graduated from Eastern China Normal University with a Degree in Chinese Language and Literature. He is a secondary school teacher, currently pursuing his PhD (Drama in Education) with the National Institute of Education, NTU. He won the Third Prize for the Golden Point Award in 2021. His work has been published in Singapore, China and Taiwan. Besides An Infinite Moment, his second poetry collection Mediocre was published in September 2024.
王哲写作心得 | Short Notes with Wang Zhe
在写作方面，“心眼”对于您意味着什么？
What does "Mata Hati | 心眼 | Eye of the Heart | மனக்கண் வழியே" mean to you in writing?
我观察各种人、或是各种事物，最终它们以独特的细节在我的心中还原、组合。
写作即是完成从眼到心的过程的孵化器。
I observe people, and everything else around me, and ultimately, they are restored and reorganized in my mind with each of their unique element.
Writing is the incubator that completes the process from the eyes to the mind.
请分享您的写作习惯：手写还是打字？是否有好几份草稿、长时间的停顿或短暂的灵感泉涌?
What does your writing process look like? Do you type or write? Are there multiple drafts, long pauses, or sudden bursts of activity?
我等待，我倾听。主题会对我说话，而我逐渐创建一个草稿。像面对一块原生的大理石，我将双手放上去，感受其内在的形象，之后逐渐凿去不必要的部分，直到真实的形状显露。最后，我打磨它，确保没有多余的词语。
通常，一个作品的完整写作，需要两个星期的时间。
有时，我在纸上落笔，更多时候，我在电子设备上写作。但在写作的两个星期之内，这个过程是令人焦灼的。
I wait, I listen. The theme will speak to me, and I gradually create a draft. It is as if I am working on a block of raw marble, I place my hands on it, feel its inner form, and I chisel away the parts that are unnecessary, until the true form reveals itself. Finally, I polish it to ensure there are no superfluous words.
Usually, completing a piece of writing takes about two weeks.
Sometimes, I write on paper, but mostly I write on electronic devices. However, during those two weeks of writing, the process is agonizing.
请形容一下您的写作空间。
What does your working space look like?
一个看得见四方形天空的书房，一面墙是古典音乐唱片，也挤满了书籍；但在某个意义上，世界即是我的书房。我在从任何地方去往他处的途中写作。
A room with a view of a square of the sky, there is a wall of classical music records, also filled with many books; but in a sense, the world is my working space. I write on my way from somewhere to elsewhere.
请以不超过30个字向读者们推荐您的入围作品。
Make an elevator pitch for your shortlisted work in 30 words or less.
死亡是这本诗集的主题，但是并不是唯一；它更关乎于——在通往死亡的途中，人类如何重新塑造自己。
Death is the theme, but it is not the only one; it is more related to how human reinvents themselves on the path that leads to death.
请分享在创作入围作品当儿的一个关键时刻。
Could you share a pivotal moment as you were writing this work?
深夜，孩子在我身边轻轻呼吸，远处，某个炼油厂的火焰在夜空里飘动，仿佛包含着一种应许。这就是一个启示性的时刻。
Deep into the night, my child breathes softly besides me. Faraway, the flames of an oil refinery flicker in the sky, as if holding a promise. This is a pivotal moment.
回顾入围作品的写作过程，您会给当时的自己一个什么建议？
If you could give one advice to yourself when you were writing this book, what would it be?
不为任何特定的对象写作；为自己、为发现世界的真实性而写作。
Not writing for any specific audience; writing for myself, for the discovery of the world's reality.
