Tian Li is a worker and Tian Li is a poet.

Many of Tian Li's poems can be said to be the poems of workers;

Tian Li is a member of CPPCC in our city;

Tian Li subscribed to the only Xigaze newspaper in Anshan.

A few short words from a friend outlined the general outline of Tian Li.

Parts are sent into the grinding wheel, and iron balls are like black grapes, emitting trivial dust ... Tian Li's poems express the feelings of workers and the feelings of the world. A passenger plane flew over the factory, a tin hut, some heavy work, and once took my son to take a bath in the factory ... These ordinary and unremarkable scenes and things, but with the feelings of workers, stood from the perspective of workers, to observe and think, to appreciate the performance, to make simplicity profound and calm.

I never imagined that this sour, dignified and helpless poem was written by a worker who worked in shifts for more than 20 years. Curiosity, admiration and doubt contributed to this interview.

Worker Tian Li

Tian Li's home is an old house, with white paint on the wall without sound insulation and simple furniture, all from the 1970s and 1980s. In this seemingly simple home, what Tian Li is most proud of is that there is a wall of old books on the self-made indomitable spirit bookshelf. Tian Li has lived here for forty years. Strictly speaking, this old house has witnessed everything from children to adults, from workers to poets in Tian Li.

1962, Tian Li was born in an ordinary family, and finished junior high school and senior high school at the age of 37. During this period of growing up, Tian Li's heart was full of agitation peculiar to that era. He didn't like studying and occasionally tinkered around the edges. But in his bones, his desire for literature has a long history. Therefore, he was very excited when he came into contact with the first book of poetry, Tang Poetry. Later, because I couldn't afford a book, I borrowed it from my classmates and friends. Tian Li said: "At that time, I didn't know where to pull the cover of the borrowed book, so I didn't know the names of many books I read."

1982, Tian Li was admitted to the * Quality Inspection Institute and became an ordinary worker, working in the quality inspection station of the Second Steelmaking Plant. During this period, Anshan Poetry Society blossomed everywhere. In this situation, Tian Li is like a duck to water. When he first tried to write a poem, he was recognized by the newspaper. After the publication of a poem about workers going to night school, Tian Li's enthusiasm for writing poems was aroused.

As a worker, he has a soft spot for industrial poetry. Day shift, middle shift and night shift, in the world where black and white are reversed, after those poets quit the poetry world for official or profit, Tian Li burned the passion of poetry creation for 22 years. He said: "Creation is a lonely journey, and you must endure loneliness. This is my life. Creation is the need of my life. Poetry has become a part of my body and is indispensable. "

In fact, the process of persistence itself is a successful process. Over the years, Tian Li has published a large number of poems with industrial themes in influential poetry magazines and literary magazines, such as Poetry Tide, Stars, Poetry Monthly and Poet God. Among them, the group poem "A Drop of Blood Illuminates the Whole Heart" won the third prize in the fifth national "Poetry Cup" poetry competition.

In 2002, Tian Li became the first batch of young writers signed by the Municipal Federation of Literary and Art Circles. Just like the new bamboo shoots that generate focuses on beauty, generate comes out in this fiery land of Anshan, which stands out against the rainbow and mist. Last year, Tian Li was transferred from the Second Steelmaking Plant to the Hot Strip Plant of Xingang for quality inspection, and became the only member of the Workers' Political Consultative Conference in Anshan. At the same time, he also subscribed to a Xigaze Daily and founded a unique Anshan. Tian Li said, "I just want to know about the situation there, that's all. Looking at it now, it is really backward. "

Because Tian Li has to work and write poems, and at the same time, he is busy with the work of pencil poetry website and eagle website, Tian Li feels too sorry for his home. He said, "My wife has been taking care of this family all these years. She never complains about me and is very supportive. She doesn't know poetry, but she thinks people who write poetry are good people. Son 18 years old, studying in a technical school. I owe my son too much education. "

Poet Tian Li.

Are you comfortable/are you scared inside/are you earlier than me who walked carefully under the factory building ... You have a bird's eye view from the oval porthole/Kurogane factory is crouching in a corner of the earth/breathing, crawling and rising from the kitchen smoke. ...

This is Tian Li's industrial poem. After this seemingly casual line drawing, what we appreciate is desire, stubbornness and passion. In his poems, there are few superficial lofty sentiments running with hot metal and burning flames. He hides his heavy feelings in plain things. Finding the best point in hard steel and wonderful poetry is exactly what Tian Li has been pursuing for many years.

In the 1980s, Tian Li read all the poems available to the municipal library. At that time, he found that since the founding of the People's Republic of China, although many poets have written poems on industrial themes, most of them are superficial things, such as writing hammers, and they will be elated when they see steel flowers overflowing. Tian Li said: "The works of that era only remain superficial, and some works even feel sorry for that era. Poetry on industrial themes should sink, guess the minds of workers, and closely combine workers with workers. "

Workers' life creed, do your best to work honestly and be an upright person. At that moment, one of the tens of thousands of workers in Qian Qian lit up his thinking with his life. In his poetry creation, Tian Li gradually explored something more humane and found his own creative direction.

"The general industrial poems are magnificent, and your poems are more humanized."

"Personally, I am not suitable for that style, and more importantly, my own' cultivation' is not enough. Every era should leave that magnificent work, but before that, it needs to go through many hardships. With the increase of reading and experience, my thinking has become more and more open. Although it has been written for 22 years, it is far from enough. This time may be long for one person, but it is too short for the development of the whole industry and human development. "

No matter how much Tian Li loves his own creation, Tian Li still feels lonely on the isolated island of poetry creation. He said: "If everyone takes industry as the theme, there will be more opportunities for mutual exchanges and discussions, which will play a good role in both enterprises and urban cultural construction."

Tian Li also has a selfish idea. He wants to prove that although Anshan has a short history and weak cultural background, it can still write good things. "This idea is a bit risky, and it may not succeed, causing an embarrassing situation, but I will do my best."