Abstract: Zhong Ming, a poet, often calls himself the “bystander” of the times in his poetics, but this “bystander” is not the bystander of the times, but the one who understands the times and keeps a distance from the times, protesting against the “strong man era” of poetry. From the perspective of poetic language, Zhong Ming resisted the “familiar words” since the “today school”, hoping that the poetic language could fully express the poet's personality and avoid falling into the mire of technology and power. In addition, Zhong Ming is an advocator of the concept of “Southern poetry”. However, from his expression of “northern poetry” and “Southern poetry”, he tries to reconstruct a set of poetic discourse order through his own discussion, indicating that he still can't get out of the whirlpool of the times.

Key words: Zhong Ming, the idea of contemporary poetics, the South, “bystander”