Lacking books of Taiwanese poetry to model his work on, Xiang Yang recalled the performances of Taiwanese Opera and hand-puppet theater that he had often seen as a youngster at the Guangxing Theater near his home. He also recalled the radio plays he listened to in high school. "Taiwanese poetry is a lot like radio plays," he says. "With both, you hear words but don't see people.
由於沒有台語詩的範本可讀，向陽回想小時候常到住家附近的廣興戲院看歌仔戲和布袋戲，高中時常聽電台廣播劇，「台語詩和廣播劇一樣，都只聞其聲不見其人，必須透過聲音來表現人物的情感和劇情節奏。」