新世纪之初的俄罗斯诗歌界出现了一种奇怪的现象。一方面,读者对当代诗歌作品的兴趣在下降;另一方面,撰写和发表作品的诗人数量却急剧上升。《新俄罗斯:文学世界》的编写者、著名诗歌评论家谢尔盖·丘普里宁估计,目前俄罗斯的诗人数量不少于1.5万人。他们不仅用俄语写诗,而且还出版诗集。在2005年的“处女作奖(”专门颁发给年龄小于25岁的作者)评选过程中,评委会共征集到5万多部作品,其中多半是诗歌。现在,每一份文学类期刊(如《民族友谊》、《星》、《旗》、《新世界》、《十月》等)每个月都至少要辟出三个诗歌专栏来刊登当代诗人的作品。1995年起,诗歌杂志《阿里翁》面世,一年出版四期。该杂志的办刊宗旨是:“全面反映当代诗歌的多样性,记录其发展轨迹。”该杂志社出版了两套系列丛书:一套名为《声音》(新诗集),一套名为《阅览室》(著名当代诗人作品选集)。诗歌网站stihi.ru更是收录了5万名作者的上百万首诗作。然而,这种热火朝天的诗歌“生产”活动在读者那里却没有得到相应的回应。诗人们常说,他们并不期待得到广泛的关注,他们不是为读者作诗,而是为自己、为俄罗斯语言而作诗。诗人叶夫根尼·布尼莫维奇甚至指出“,作诗与其他娱乐消遣方式并无太大的不同”。但他在诗中对这种情况的描述却远没有那么轻松惬意:我谢绝一切活动不再逢场作戏让它们都见鬼去吧我埋头作诗造句 A strange phenomenon has emerged in the world of Russian poetry at the beginning of the new century. On the one hand, readers’ interest in contemporary poetry works is declining; on the other hand, the number of poets writing and publishing works has risen sharply. The author of “New Russia: Literature World” and famous poetic critic Sergei Chuprlinin estimates that there are currently not fewer than 15,000 poets in Russia. They not only write poetry in Russian, but also publish poetry. In the 2005 “Prix Award (” specifically for young people under 25 years of age) selection process, the jury collected a total of more than 50,000 works, mostly poetry. Now every literary periodical (such as “Friendship of Nations,” “Star,” “Flag,” “New World,” “October,” etc.) must publish at least three columns of poetry every month to publish contemporary poets s work. Since 1995, the poetry magazine Arion has been published in four editions a year. Its purpose is to “fully reflect the diversity of contemporary poetry and record its development.” The magazine publishes two series of books: one entitled “Voice” (New Poetry Collection), one entitled “ Reading Room ”(Selected Works of Famous Contemporary Poets). The poetry site stihi.ru is a collection of millions of poems by 50,000 authors. However, this full-blown poetic “production” campaign has not received the corresponding response from the readers. Poets often say that they do not expect widespread attention. Instead of writing poetry for their readers, they are writing poems for themselves and for the Russian language. The poet Yevgeny Bunimovich even pointed out that “there is not much difference between writing poems and other recreational ways.” But his description of the situation in the poem is far less comfortable: I will refuse all activities no longer make fun of them all go to hell