Jane Hirshfield
1) After: Poems
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An investigation into incarnation, transience, and our intimate connection with all existence, by one of the preeminent poets of her generation
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Poetry offers depth and color to life and is a natural way to express what it means to be human. Hirshfield offers gentle wisdom about writing and appreciating poetry. She says, "The poem is the speech of the inner heart, the inner mind. If you can simply hear what it's saying as if it were being whispered to you in the dark, you will understand good poems."
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Widely considered one of America's preeminent writers and poets of her generation, Hirshfield has continued to search out new ways to increase poetry's capacities for understanding. This dialogue explores the world of poetry, with its depth of thought and richness of observation. An evocative mix of control and wildness shines through this dynamic conversation.
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Jane Hirshfield believes that poetry can play a transformative role in our lives. "What poems are doing is counterbalancing the mainstream tenor of our culture, which is to do, to be active, to be energetic and to prove one's self... and one of the messages underlying all poems that move us is that we have nothing at all to prove." She offers her perspective on beauty and how it cannot exist alone. She takes us behind the scenes into the mind of the...
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Jane Hirshfield points out that many people turn to poetry in times of great life transitions. She says, "You know when people fall in love, or when they lose love, or lose someone they loved, that is when they want a poem. When they get married, they want a poem. These great transitions are larger than the normal, ordinary consciousness. And what poems do is give us a vocabulary for understanding things, which isn't available through any other use...
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In this time of global uncertainty good poems can soften the heart and help us face another day with curiosity, wonder and hope. It gives us another lens to view the world and helps bring what is often unseen into view. Poetry opens us to feel our connection to one another and to nature. It gives us the opportunity to recalibrate our perspective on our place in the world.