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Poet Jane Hirshfield discusses her latest book, Ledger, resisting despair in our current times, and remaining open to life’s mysteries.
Interview with Jane Hirshfield by Marie Scarles, poems by Jane Hirshfield
“the screen / stays backlit and empty / thus I meet myself again / hopeful and useless / a mystery”
By Jane Hirshfield
An interview with poet and Soto Zen practitioner Jane Hirshfield
Interview with Jane Hirshfield by Mark Matousek
Today when persimmons ripenToday when fox-kits come out of their den into snowToday when the spotted egg releases its wren songToday when the maple sets down its red leavesToday when windows keep their promise to openToday when fire keeps its promise to warmToday when someone you love has diedor someone you never met has diedToday […]
By Jane Hirshfield
This first, this last:there’s nothing you wouldn’t say. Unshockable inclusion your most pure nature,and so you are like an iron pot—whatever’s put in, it holds. We think it’s the fire that cooks the stew,but, speech, it’s also you:teacherof fire-making and stew-making,orator of all our plans and intentions. We think we […]
By Jane HirshfieldThree Poems by Jane Hirshfield
By Jane Hirshfield
Desire is fuel.
By Jane Hirshfield
Jane Hirshfield realizes that only by losing oneself can one discover one’s true destination.
By Jane HirshfieldWhat is the Emotional Life of a Buddha?
By Jane Hirshfield
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