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Jane Hirshfield

Side by side

My Weather

Wakeful, sleepy, hungry, anxious,
restless, stunned, relieved.

Does a tree also?
A mountain?

A cup holds
sugar, flour, three large rabbit-breaths of air.

I hold these.

Jane Hirshfield

(United States of America, 1953)

Frequently short and spare, Jane Hirshfield’s poems highlight the smallest details, emphasising the power of each word. Time seems to move more slowly in her poems, taking advantage of the “moment before a shape/ hardens,” as she writes in ‘The Decision’. The contemplation and focus in her work allows the reader to look at the world with new eyes. With the proper awareness, a moment can be “Sim...

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My Weather

Wakeful, sleepy, hungry, anxious,
restless, stunned, relieved.

Does a tree also?
A mountain?

A cup holds
sugar, flour, three large rabbit-breaths of air.

I hold these.