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“I was surprised recently to find a book called "Poetry in Persons" that's coming out about visit to poets to a class that Pearl London gave.”

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Edward Hirsch

Edward Hirsch is an American poet renowned for his profound emotion and rich imagination. His works often explore themes of personal identity, history, and memory, earning him the admiration of readers and critics alike. more

“And it was the title August 13th for most of the way and then near the end, sometime in the process, I got the idea that maybe that would be a somewhat bland title and I got the idea for wild gratitude, which I'm very proud of as a title. So, I think it works best when you find it in the process.”

Thinking Way Ideas Ends Would Be Process Proud Gratitude Titles August Bland

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“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.”

Thinking Writing Kind Different Age Young Careers Strange Poet Remarkable Poetry Is Different Kinds Arthur

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“Scholars of the Hebrew bible define something they call wisdom literature and I would say clearly the poetry of wisdom is something that comes with age or that might come with age which has to do with reflecting on experience.”

Might Age Literature Scholar Reflecting Hebrew Hebrew Bible

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“A certain kind of poetry looks back at experience from an older perspective.”

Looks Kind Certain Perspective

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“It's hard to think that say Shakespeare could have written "The Tempest" when he was young. It seems to be reflective work or retrospective work.”

Thinking Hard Seems Young Written Tempest Retrospective

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“There's the brilliant audacity of youth that poets strike upon in their earliest work sometimes that they never can hit upon again.”

Sometimes Youth Poet Strikes Brilliant Audacity

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“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."”

Firsts Looks Sometimes Wonder Poet Freshness Sense Of Wonder

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“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.”

Thinking Kind Different Stage Youth Late Painful Different Kinds Life Experience Agony Exuberance Midlife Stages Of Life

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“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.”

Thinking Writing Different Moments Able Journey Different Times Time Of Your Life

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