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Edward Hirsch Quotes: Now, that can be a traditional form or it can be something you're inventing. It can be the development of a metaphor, the working through of a metaphor.
         

Now, that can be a traditional form or it can be something you're inventing. It can be the development of a metaphor, the working through of a metaphor.


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Reading poetry is an adventure in renewal, a creative act, a perpetual beginning, a rebirth of wonder.

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There has never been a great poet who wasn't also a great reader of poetry.

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I put down these memorandums of my affections in honor of tenderness, in honor of all of those who have been conscripted into the brotherhood of loss.

I put down these memorandums of my affections in honor of tenderness, in honor of all of those who have been conscripted into the brotherhood of loss.



The spiritual desire for poetry can be overwhelming, so much do I need it to experience and name my own perilous depths and vast spaces, my own well-being.

The spiritual desire for poetry can be overwhelming, so much do I need it to experience and name my own perilous depths and vast spaces, my own well-being.



But, something has to be worked through formally as well as emotionally. Now, when those two things come together I've got something, I think, that I can be proud of.

But, something has to be worked through formally as well as emotionally. Now, when those two things come together I've got something, I think, that I can be proud of.



A poem is a hand, a hook, a prayer. It is a soul in action.

A poem is a hand, a hook, a prayer. It is a soul in action.



I was surprised recently to find a book called "Poetry in Persons" that's coming out about visit to poets to a class that Pearl London gave.

I was surprised recently to find a book called "Poetry in Persons" that's coming out about visit to poets to a class that Pearl London gave.



But, the best times I have found, in my life, are late at night or early in the morning and I think it's because you're outside the social realm.

But, the best times I have found, in my life, are late at night or early in the morning and I think it's because you're outside the social realm.





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