If there were no poetry on any day in the world, poetry would be invented that day. For there would be an intolerable hunger.

If there were no poetry on any day in the world, poetry would be invented that day. For there would be an intolerable hunger.

如果世界上任何一天都没有诗歌，那么诗歌就会在那一天诞生。因为会有无法忍受的饥饿。

-- Muriel Rukeyser 鲁凯泽