“I mean, when I was young I could write all through the night and I loved to work late into the night. Now that I'm older I work really well in the early morning when your synapses are firing a little better. But I work at different times of the day.” WritingWellsMeanLittlesDifferentYoungNightMorningLateDifferent TimesFiringEarly MorningSynapses Author:Edward Hirsch
“And when my second book had come out, "Wild Gratitude," I went to Pearl London's class and she worked through different drafts of poems and there were the drafts of my poem, "Wild Gratitude," and I saw that I had begun the poem with the title "August 13th."” BookDifferentClassSawsGratitudeLondonTitlesPearlsAugust Author:Edward Hirsch
“I would say there are different kinds of poems. There are things that poets in the history of poetry hit upon when they're very young that can never be outdone and it's a remarkable, strange experience when you think of say Arthur Rimbaud who write poetry between the ages of 17 and 21 whose career was over by the time he was 22.” ThinkingWritingKindDifferentAgeYoungCareersStrangePoetRemarkablePoetry IsDifferent KindsArthur Author:Edward Hirsch
“I think there are different kinds of poetry for different stages of life and there's the wild, exuberance of youth, there's the painful agony of midlife experience, there's the late poetry in the presence of death.” ThinkingKindDifferentStageYouthLatePainfulDifferent KindsLife ExperienceAgonyExuberanceMidlifeStages Of Life Author:Edward Hirsch
“think what you hope for is that at different times of your life you're able to write the poetry that reflects the moment that you're in on your own journey.” ThinkingWritingDifferentMomentsAbleJourneyDifferent TimesTime Of Your Life Author:Edward Hirsch
“There's never been a culture without poetry in the history of the world. In every culture, in every language there is expressive play, expressive word play, there's language use to different purposes that we would call poetry.” WorldDifferentPlayUsePurposeCultureLanguageWorld HistoryExpressive Author:Edward Hirsch
“The very good thing about MFA programs is their democratizing. They bring a lot of different people to the table.” PeopleDifferentProgramTablesGood ThingsVery GoodDifferent Peoples Author:Edward Hirsch
“Language is an impure medium. Speech is public property and words are the soiled products, not of nature, but of society, which circulates and uses them for a thousand different ends.” DifferentEndsUseLanguageProductsThousandSpeechPropertyMediums Book:How to Read a Poem: And Fall in Love with Poetry Source: How to Read a Poem: And Fall in Love with Poetry
