Poetry Quote by Jane Hirshfield — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“One breath taken completely; one poem, fully written, fully read - in such a moment, anything can happen.”

“Poetry's work is the clarification and magnification of being.”

“One way poetry connects is across time. . . . Some echo of a writer's physical experience comes into us when we read her poem.”

“There is more and more I tell no one,”

“Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary,”

“my dear, I have nothing to say.”

“There's an old saying that applies to me: you can't lose a game if you don't play the game. (Act 1, scene 4)”

“In an old family album”

“All that we call sacred history attests that the birth of a poet is the principal event in chronology.”

“And the Spring arose on the garden fair,”