Five new poems brought to you by Matt Schroeder. This time the poet is trying to present his thoughtful world in a more current way. Click to read more. 

我们活在一个对自己祖国评价极高的新闻环境里，外国媒体哪怕对中国也是以赞扬为主，但这种赞扬的力度仍远不及中国媒体，所以横向比较之下，我们还是会觉得外国媒体对中国不友善。

worried eyes mouths tight

a sparrow finds said bag

singing heat wave distortions

only to realize it’s not its

lover but a Roma band

人类的悲欢并不相通，“孤独”大约是我们人生路上挥之不去的情感体验。当你将独处的眼转向周遭的世界，将独处的心沉浸于对生活的感知，就会明白认识自己的过程恰恰在“孤独”中发生，独处的世界自有其平和的愉悦。

炸鸡、薯条、冰淇淋。火锅、烧烤、臭豆腐。

很多人都爱吃，但不一定懂吃。要理解食物，大概也要有一双善于发现的眼睛、一个分外灵敏的鼻子，和一张求味若渴的嘴巴。这样的组合，能看出搭配的哲学、嗅出气味的深意、品出味道的绵长。吃，一直是一项通感的艺术。

"Go back 50 years in history and everyone is a peasant." If this is true, maybe we should take some time to get to know the massive area where our ancestors were born and raised. It might not be perfect, but we can let this piece be the start of a conversation. 

No kid grows up with the knowledge that his or her parent would die someday--until that day happens. What is grief able to do to people, and what do we learn from it? In this intimate prose, Matt shares with us his lonely battle against grief and how that experience has helped shape him into the man he is today.

Maybe it's time for you to do something. 

写作者要从生活中汲取营养，描绘经历与感受、揭示出那隐藏的、创造出那没有的、尝试那些新奇的。但写作也是一件模糊的事。好比一千个人眼中有一千个不同的世界，同一只笔到了不同的作家手里写出的也是独一无二，千奇百怪的想法。今夕何年，在各色的桌前，又有多少创作者在构思着他们的世界，用不同的笔敲着心里同一盏灯呢？