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I personally have a strong interest in Bet365 app download. Zheng，Mainly due to my preference for modernist poetry and poetics since the 20th century。My doctoral thesis is a study of the poetic thoughts of the British poet Eliot，And Zheng Min、Mu Dan、Du Yunxie、Yuan Kejia and other modern poets who emerged in the 1940s，While studying at Southwest Associated University, I was influenced by Western modernist literary trends。Mu Dan、Du Yunxie、Yuan Kejia is a foreign teacher in the English Department - Richards’ student Yanbson，And Wen Yiduo、Bian Zhilin and other poets and teachers，Stepped directly into modernism；Bet365 app download. Zheng Min benefited from the inspiration of German literature teacher Feng Zhi in the philosophy department，Absorbed Rilke’s modern poetic tradition，Since then, we have embarked on a long journey of exploration of poetry and philosophy。

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While working in a university，I have opened courses for graduate students on "Research on Nine-Leaf Poetry" and "Research on Modern Chinese Poetry"。During 2007-2015，Almost every school year，I try my best to take the students who take this course to visit Bet365 app download. Zheng，Let them experience the peerless style of this contemporary female poet face to face。For us，Every visit to Tsinghua University He Qingyuan Community，It’s all a pilgrimage of poetry。The young student sees the loving face of the old poet，Feel her spiritual brightness for yourself，Thoughts are flying。Every time，As long as Bet365 app download. Zheng opens his mouth to speak，I just keep talking for two or three hours，He didn’t even take a sip of water，I don’t move my body very much either。She is filled with amazing semen、Qi、God，Let our thinking be stimulated，Also gained an epiphany about life - no matter when and where，Always maintain an ageless childlike innocence。

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Perhaps he was moved by my enthusiasm，Professor Tan Chongyi specifically introduced me to Professor Hu Qiyu from the Department of Sociology at Brown University。November 2011，Professor Hu visited Tsinghua University，I planned a "Zheng Min Poetry Recitation" with her，Chinese and foreign alumni and poetry lovers from the Brown University Beijing Alumni Association came to listen。Bet365 app download. Zheng happily accepted the souvenir given by his alma mater，And recited masterpieces such as "The Bleeding Arrow Lotus" and "It Happened in the Dark Dusk of April"。She is over 90 years old and still sings a song in bel canto in English。This video was displayed at the 2011 "China Year Writers Forum" held at Brown University。As an outstanding alumnus of Brown University，Poet Zheng Min has won the attention of his alma mater。

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