“一步长于一生/更不要说回头是诗歌”是1990年10月23日我写的《徘徊在牛汉门前》诗中的最后两句,后来收入1992年文化艺术出版社出版的诗集《名城与门》。1990年上半年我在鲁迅文学院进修,得以认识牛汉先生,得以对他产生“感性认识”。这首短诗写山我前往拜见尊重的长辈之前的踌躇之态,敬仰之情以及作为一个 “A step longer than a lifetime, let alone a retrospective,” is the last two sentences in the poem “Wandering in Front of the Cattle” written on October 23, 1990, and later collected in a collection of poems published by the Culture and Art Publishing House in 1992 “City and door.” In the first half of 1990, I studied at Lu Xun College of Letters, got acquainted with Mr. Niu Han and got “sensual knowledge” to him. This short poem writes that I traveled to meet the respect of elders before the hesitation, admiration and as a