“The spiritual desire for poetry can be overwhelming, so much do I need it to experience and name my own perilous depths and vast spaces, my own well-being.” NeedsWellsSpiritualDesireNamesMy OwnSpaceDepthWell BeingOverwhelming Book:How to Read a Poem: And Fall in Love with Poetry Source: How to Read a Poem: And Fall in Love with Poetry
“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
“But, something has to be worked through formally as well as emotionally. Now, when those two things come together I've got something, I think, that I can be proud of.” ThinkingWellsI CanTwoTogetherProudTwo ThingsBe Proud Author:Edward Hirsch
“I was once doing a question and answer period with the novelist Jane Smiley in a bookstore and someone asked us what our processes were and Jane said hers and then I said mine and Jane said, "Well, if I had a student like that I'd force him never to write like that again because you could never write a novel in the way that you write poetry."” IfsWayWritingWellsSaidForceProcessAnswersNovelStudentsMinesPeriodsNovelistsJaneBookstoresQuestions And AnswersSmiley Author:Edward Hirsch
“The mysterious thing about writing poetry is that when you're - when things are going poorly, when you're not thinking well, even making two sentences together is extremely hard and I just can't make the connections.” ThinkingWritingWellsTwoHardTogetherConnectionsSentencesMysteriousPoetry IsWriting PoetryMysterious Things Author:Edward Hirsch
“And when I'm writing well and when I'm inside the feeling, then I can do fairly complicated things with some fluency.” WritingWellsI CanFeelingsCan DoComplicatedWriting WellComplicated ThingsFluency Author:Edward Hirsch
“I don't think you can read poetry while you're watching television very well.” ThinkingWellsTelevisionWatching Television Author:Edward Hirsch
“You can seek clarity, you can seek warmth, you can try to make something for lasting. You can pack something in salt so that it's well made and you can hope that it outlasts time. But, ultimately that's not up to you.” TryingWellsMadeClarityLastingWarmthSaltPacksUp To You Author:Edward Hirsch
