The Poetics Context Of "China New Poem Almanac"(1998-2010)

"China New Poem Almanac" is a series of annual Poetry anthology which has clear poetic tendency. Since its birth in1998, it has a history of more than10years. The emergence of the Almanac enjoy profound theoretical resources which include poetic writing in the post-modern poetic context, the third generation of Chinese poetry. Besides, the discontinuity and continuity of the Chinese poetic writing provide important references for the edition of the "almanac"The position of "China New Poem Almanac" is that we take always authentic grass-root standpoint in art. This poetic position abandons the folk tradition in "The Book of Songs" and it is different from the folk writing as Chen reveals. It has distinct theoretical intension, mainly refers to independent spirit and freelance writing (said by Han Dong). The folk tradition emerged on the basis of the folk and at the same time proves the existence of the folk. The two is in the process of isomorphism. The folk position of poetry has remarkable artistic feature-personalization, Chatty, daily, etc. The Connotation of folk position is improving with the development of the edition of the Almanac.During the process of China New Poem Almanac’s edition, three clear periodical characteristics took shape. The first stage is from2002to2006called "selecting from the folk". Its chief editor is Yang Ke and the individual inclination is obvious. The second stage is from2002to2006characterized by various styles and the managing editor is responsible for the edition. The third stage is from2007to2010called diverse selection stage which is more rounded and marketing and its chief editor is also Yang Ke. The almanac always adheres to the folk position and with the change in trends in edition mechanism, this stand present different poetologies.As one of the most important poetry anthologies, the "China New Poem Almanac"’ support new poets and discover the poets who are forgotten and neglected.It saves a great number of poems for the development of Chinese poem and is of great significance and value.