Anonymous: Physics Teacher
Me: Sir, as a physics teacher, when did you first develop an appreciation for poetry? And why did you choose physics?
Teacher: I suppose my love for poetry began in secondary school. It was more of a hobby, influenced by poetry from throughout history and across cultures. I found poetry to be direct, powerful, and deeply emotional. Choosing physics was a different kind of appreciation—an appreciation for the beauty of reason and logic. Moreover, physics itself originates from our real world; it merely provides an objective and robust perspective for understanding it.
Me: Sir, how do you perceive the connection between poetry and physics?
Teacher: I believe it boils down to beauty. One embodies the beauty of the senses, the other the beauty of reason.
Poetic quality itself is an adjective, after all. The inherent beauty within the mysterious material world is profoundly poetic. Personally, when appreciating the beauty in both, I find it necessary to step back and view them through an aesthetic lens. Beauty is universal; poetry and physics are merely pathways.
Formally, since physics enables us to deconstruct the material world, it naturally cultivates broader erudition, thereby enriching one’s grasp of poetry’s intricacies. When my mind dwells on poetic matters, I contemplate poetry; when it turns to physics, it contemplates physics.
poetry:
（一）
晨是凉风好 步道北景园
花颜草意凡心涤 鸟鸣如歌蝉音袭
水清看游鱼 岂不濯足戏
新荷绽放处处勤 蜻蜓低飞时时覓
怀明或不眠 是为游园记
（二）
不经暮色掩 盈盈襟秋波
游兴若寒意 鹜鸟衔人音
（三）
岂非天蓬戏仙娥 坠入文成泻天河
终归无名总似我 遗恨人间仙侠客
（四）
雁荡山门开，云霞次第来。
山高仙迎客，曾识李太白？
（五）晨跑小记
晨光几万丈，
汹涌照大江。
望晨阁上望钱塘，
该是辽阔模样。
未知苦是乐，
经年碎流光。
步履匆匆不及量，
当迈迈担当。
