別總以為只有用文字為表現工具的，才是詩人。不是的，還有許多詩人的，而且可能到處都有詩人，都可能把詩表現得很好。

到處都有詩人。不管寫的是什麼，怎麼寫，只要是詩，有詩意，能使人感動，引起讀者的共鳴，都是好的詩，其創作者都是詩人。

音樂家是用聲音為表現工具的詩人。畫家是用色彩、線條和圖案為表現工具的詩人。舞蹈家是用舞姿為表現工具的詩人。農夫是用犁鋤為表現工具的詩人。漁夫是用漁船和漁網等漁具為表現工具的詩人。工人是用鐵錘和鋸子等為表現工具的詩人。……

當然，這宇宙間還有許多許多詩人在寫詩，譬如男人、女人、老人、青年、小孩等，譬如商人、教師、學生、軍人、建築師、裁縫師、鐵匠、船員、司機、行旅等等；寫出來的詩則可能是動物、植物、一件事、一個活動、一顆果實、一座山、一條溪流、一面湖、一汪洋……。

到處都有詩人，不管寫的是什麼，怎麼寫，只要是詩，有詩意，能使人感動，引起讀者的共鳴，都是好的詩。

所以，別總以為只有用文字為表現工具的，才是詩人。不是的，還有許多詩人的，而且可能到處都有詩人，都可能把詩表現得很好。

1985年7月6日台灣日報副刊

There are poets everywhere  Hsu ChiCheng

Never always presume that only write with instrument of character be the poet. No, there are many poets still, and also there may be poets everywhere, they may express poem great well.

There are poets everywhere. No matter what they write, how to write, just it’s poem, possess poetic, make touch to others, cause resonance to reader, are all good poems, the writers all are poets.

Musician is the poet who writes with sound for instrument. Painter is the poet who writes with colour, line and pattern for instrument. Dancer is the poet who writes with posture. Farmer is the poet who writes with plough and hoe for instrument. Fisherman is the poet who writes with fishing tackle as fishing vessel and fishnet etc. for instrument. Labourer is the poet who writes with hammer and saw for instrument…

Of course, there are many poets write poem in cosmos, just as male, female, old age, young man, child etc., just as merchant, teacher, student, soldier, architect, tailor, blacksmith, sailor, driver, traveler etc., the poems written may be the animal, plant, a thing, an exercise, a fruit, a mountain, a river, a lake, a vast sea…

There are poets everywhere, no matter what they write, how to write, only it’s poem, possess poetic, make touch to others, cause resonance to reader, are all good poems.

So, never always presume that only write with instrument of character be the poet. No, there are many poets still, and also there may be poets everywhere, they may express poem great well. @

責任編輯：林芳宇