江鸿走了。当同事通知我8月21日去参加向江鸿告别仪式时,心里实觉得“咯登”一下,我知道他痼疾缠身,总以为“弯扁担,年年在”。岂料走得那么突然。我认识江鸿近三十年,他那真诚的品行、直率的性格、认真的态度、刻苦的精神,一点一滴地浮现在我的眼前。七十年代初期,我刚步人文坛不久,常去《太湖文艺》编辑部讨教。那时编辑部还在园通路上。每次去编辑部,刘江鸿同志十分热情,倒茶、让座,问寒嘘暖,然后似兄弟般促膝闲聊,从诗歌创作的选题、手法,诗歌语言的含蓄、精炼,无锡诗歌景象,当代诗歌的现状和趋势……畅谈着他的观点。并对我说,写诗贵在持之以恒,坚持下去,必有好处。江鸿性格直率,与人谈话从不拐弯抹角,有时他看毕我的习作后,当场给你指点,那段写得好,那句欠火候,总体构思如何如何,这种真诚相待的精神,使我们业余文学爱好者铭心难忘。有一次,他觉得我的一篇诗歌习作选题 Jiang Hong gone. When my colleague told me to attend the farewell ceremony to Jiang Hong on August 21, my heart really felt “slightly Deng”. I knew he was ridiculously ill and always thought of “bending the pole, every year”. Unexpectedly, go so suddenly. I know Jiang Hong nearly three decades, his sincere character, straightforward character, serious attitude, hard work, bit by bit in my eyes. In the early seventies, I just went to the literary world and soon went to the editorial department of “Taihu Literature and Art” for advice. At that time, the editorial department was still on the park path. Every time I went to the editorial department, Comrade Liu Jianghong was very passionate about tea, sitting, asking for warmth, and then chatting like a brother. From the poem selection and technique of poetry creation, the poetic language implied, refined, the poetry scene in Wuxi, the contemporary poetry The status quo and trends ... talked about his point of view. And said to me that it is good for you to persevere in writing poetry and persevere. Jiang Hong straightforward character, never talk to people talk around the bush, and sometimes he read my exercise, the spot to give you pointers, that period well written, the sentence owes await, the overall concept of how, this spirit of sincerity, Make us amateur literary lover unforgettable. Once, he felt that one of my poetry writing topics