A Talk on Xiang Tianxiao's Love Poems

Xiang Tianxiao,a poet from the eastern part of Hubei,has been renowned for his love poems in contemporary Chinese poetic circles,and has devoted his rare and lasting passion to the writing of love poems for decades.His poems,fresh as spring grass,crystal as dew,and sweet as serenades,are undoubtedly top ones of contemporary love poems.Xiang's love poems are marked by three aspects of originality: first,the latent religious spirit;second,simple philosophical implications;and third,the pure aesthetic pursuit,which determine the lyric essence of his love poems,namely,graceful emotions,profound meanings and an exquisite structure.