His poetic talent, his poetic promise, his poetic ripeness - it hasn't yet burgeoned or made itself manifest.

他的写诗才华，写诗的抱负，诗作的成熟度,-都还没能彰显出来。

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But it's still a promise, and it's a promise of the powers of imagination and of poetry, and of poetry made out of play, of a child's play.

但始终还是一个希望，一个想象力和诗歌伟大力量的希望，这些诗是从玩中来的，从孩子们的玩耍中。

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