关于阿法·迈克尔·威佛或蔚雅风

Notes on Afaa Michael Weaver’s Poetry

作为当代美国最重要的诗人之一，阿法·迈克尔·威佛的诗与哈莱姆文艺复兴运动激进的“我控诉”风格截然不同，这可能是新一代非裔美国诗人精心发展的差异所在：从波澜壮阔的政治诉求转变为深邃的日常生活体验。威佛的笔触看起来似乎有点保守，但他却在结实而严谨的行句中灵活而深刻地描述了他对非裔美国人生活的观察。

Poetry of Afaa Michael Weaver,one of the most important contemporary American poets,is distinguished from the passionate style of 'I protest' that marked the Harlem Renaissance.This distinction may be the defining feature of a new generation of African American poets,who have shifted their attention from powerful political proclamation to a profound experience of everyday life.Although the style of Weaver seems to be old-fashioned,the flow of his sentences,well-calculated and carefully-constructed,is able to reenact the life of African Americans based on his observation with much subtlety and incisiveness.Weaver's remarkable ability to command his theme and tone resembles that of Gwendolyn Brooks,one of his predecessors.Both poets are able to employ techniques in service of conveying deep emotions.In this light,in my reading of his poems,instead of paying attention to his African American identity or the African American poetics stressed by Weaver himself,I emphasize his special devotion to native character and personal spirit.