“Poetry never loses its appeal. Sometimes its audience wanes and sometimes it swells like a wave. But the essential mystery of being human is always going to engage and compel us. We're involved in a mystery. Poetry uses words to put us in touch with that mystery. We're always going to need it.” NeedsHumansSometimesUsePoetryLosesAudienceMysteryInvolvedEssentialsWaveAppealsBeing Human Author:Edward Hirsch
“There's been no poet, no great poet in the history of poetry who hasn't also been a great reader of poetry. This is sometimes distressing to my students when I tell them this.” SometimesStudentsPoetReaderGreat PoetDistressing Author:Edward Hirsch
“A certain construct of emotions that really define who you are and who you will become and I feel very much that my childhood is very alive inside of me, very close to me, very much part of me. And it's a sometimes painful, sometimes joyous inexhaustible resource for poetry.” FeelsSometimesCertainEmotionAliveChildhoodResourcesWho You ArePainfulConstructsJoyous Author:Edward Hirsch
“And a lot of poetry is putting yourself back into the state of wonder that you have before things when you're a child. It's not only a joyous wonder, it's sometimes a grief stricken wonder.” ChildrenSometimesStatesGriefWonderPoetry IsJoyousState Of Wonder Author:Edward Hirsch
“Sometimes I have a feeling that I just can't get rid of. Sometimes there's an experience that I want to write about that I have to get off my chest. Sometimes there are some words that appeal to you.” WantWritingSometimesFeelingsAppealsChests Author:Edward Hirsch
“Sometimes the title comes to you at the beginning, sometimes it comes at the end. The very best way in my experience is when it comes in the middle.” WayEndsSometimesMiddleBest WayTitles Author:Edward Hirsch
“There's the brilliant audacity of youth that poets strike upon in their earliest work sometimes that they never can hit upon again.” SometimesYouthPoetStrikesBrilliantAudacity Author:Edward Hirsch
“And sometimes you look at the first poems by someone and you go, "They have freshness and a sense of wonder that is never recaptured again by that poet."” FirstsLooksSometimesWonderPoetFreshnessSense Of Wonder Author:Edward Hirsch
“Now, as I've gotten older I've been able to write more quickly. Sometimes I get in the space of something and I can do a lot in a day.” WritingI CanSometimesAbleCan DoSpace Author:Edward Hirsch
