一读胡杨先生的诗歌,不得不从他一以贯之描写的“西部”入手。在当前这个时代,“西部”既是一个地域概念,同时又是一个与国家政治、经济版图密切相关的词汇,而其本身所具有的诗意则似乎总是被遮蔽、被掩盖。所以,将“西部”作为诗歌描写及抒情的对象,总是有着巨大的挑战性。更为重要的是,即使抛弃政治学、经济学、地理学的意义,“西部”也并不是一个新的题材,就中国诗歌史而言, The first reading of Mr. Hu Yang’s poetry, had to start from his consistent description of “Western”. In this current era, “western ” is not only a geographical concept, but also a closely related to the country’s political and economic territory, and its own poetic style always appears to be obscured and covered up. Therefore, using “Western ” as the target of describing and expressing lyric poetry always has great challenges. More importantly, even if we abandon the significance of politics, economics and geography, “western” is not a new theme. In terms of the history of Chinese poetry,