Basho as Teacher
Jane Hirshfield realizes that only by losing oneself can one discover one's true destination.
Jane Hirshfield
Jane Hirshfield is a poet, essayist, editor, translator, and Tricycle contributing editor. She practiced at San Francisco Zen Center, Tassajara, and Green Gulch Farm between 1974 and 1982 and received lay ordination in 1979.
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Being Intimate with Demons
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Percolation / the Shadow
Poetry by Jane Hirshfield Calligraphy by Michele Laporte “Percolation” first appeared in Yellow Silk and “The Shadow” first appeared in ZYZZYVA. Both will be included in The October Palace by Jane Hirshfield, forthcoming from…
Podcasts
“Don’t Despair of This Falling World”
In this episode of Tricycle Talks, poet Jane Hirshfield discusses poetry’s power to hold unanswered questions—and to transform our anger and incomprehension into compassion.
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