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“"And" seems to me closest. "And" nods toward the real. And "and" is the path to perspective. To feel and see from more angles and know all of them true, even the incomprehensible ones, even the ones that contradict one another.”

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Jane Hirshfield

Jane Hirshfield is an American poet known for her concise and profound poetry. Born on February 24, 1953, she has gained widespread recognition in the literary world since the 1980s. more

“I once was asked to contribute to a mushroom poem anthology. I didn't have anything, and so instead ended up writing the introduction. I think that request made me more alert to mushrooms, and now they've cropped up in my work, the way mushrooms themselves do after rain, quite a lot. But I've only just now taken up mushroom hunting, after going to a class offered at my local library.”

Thinking Way Writing Made Class Taken Rain Library Locals Hunting Introduction Request Mushrooms Anthology

Author:Jane Hirshfield

“I need more and more silence, it feels. Poems don't leap into my mind when I'm distracted, turned outward, with other people, listening to music.”

People Needs Feels Mind Silence Listening Leap Listening To Music Distracted

Author:Jane Hirshfield

“It's more for me as with going into a forest: if you sit quietly for a long time, the life around you emerges. As the world grows ever more clamorous, my hunger for silence steepens. I unplug the landline.”

Ifs World Long Grows Silence Long Time Hunger Forests

Author:Jane Hirshfield

“I don't have a cell phone (though for years I've kept saying, "soon").”

Years Phones Cells Cell Phone

Author:Jane Hirshfield