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JANE HIRSHFIELD

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Poems found: 231

WAKING THE MORNING DREAMLESS AFTER LONG SLEEP

A BLESSING FOR A WEDDING

A SWEETENING ALL AROUND ME AS IT FALLS

ALL THE DIFFICULT HOURS AND MINUTES

FADO

GREEN-STRIPED MELONS

HEAT

LIKE THE SMALL HOLE BY THE PATH-SIDE SOMETHING LIVES IN

LIKE TWO NEGATIVE NUMBERS MULTIPLIED BY RAIN

MATHEMATICS

MY WEATHER

PERISHABLE, IT SAID

REBUS

SEAWATER STIFFENS CLOTH

SENTENCINGS

SONOMA FIRE

THE DECISION

THE ENVOY

THE HEAT OF AUTUMN

THE PEAR

THE WOODPECKER KEEPS RETURNING

THINGS KEEP SORTING THEMSELVES

VINEGAR AND OIL

VILNIUS

A CEDARY FRAGRANCE

A DAY IS VAST

THE DEAD DO NOT WANT US DEAD

AT NIGHTFALL

AUTUMN QUINCE

DOPPELGANGER

FOR A WEDDING ON MOUNT TAMALPAIS

HEAT

IN SMOOTH WATER THE MOUNTAINS SUSPEND THEMSELVES

JUST BELOW THE SURFACE

LAKE AND MAPLE

LOVE AMID OWL-CRIES

MILK

MOMENT

ON THE BEACH

SPELL TO BE SAID BEFORE SLEEP

THE RITUAL

TO JUDGMENT: AN ASSAY

THE STONE OF HEAVEN

ALWAYS SHE READS THE SAME TRANSLATION

ASK MUCH, THE VOICE SUGGESTED

HALF-SLEEPING

IN APRIL SOMETHING STARTED

IN THAT WORLD, THE ANGELS WEAR FINS

IT IS NIGHT. IT IS VERY DARK

ONE LIFE IS SPENT, THE OTHER SPENDS US

PERCEPTIBILITY IS A KIND OF ATTENTIVENESS

DEAD DO NOT WANT US DEAD

HEAT OF AUTUMN

WHAT IS USUAL IS NOT WHAT IS ALWAYS

WITHIN THIS TREE

1973

BREAKABLE SPELL

CONTINUOUS EMBROIDERY

DIFFERENT RISING

HAND

PLENITUDE

RECURRING POSSIBILITY

STORY

SWEETENING ALL AROUND ME AS IT FALLS

AFTER LONG SILENCE

AFTER WORK

AGAINST LOSS

ALL SUMMER YOU KEPT TRYING TO ANSWER

EARTHLY BEAUTY

ARS POETICA

AT NIGHT

AT NIGHTFALL

AT THE ROOSEVELT BATHS

AUTUMN

AUTUMN QUINCE

BETWEEN THE MATERIAL WORLD AND THE WORLD OF FEELING

BONSAI

CHILDHOOD, HORSES, RAIN

COMPLETING THE WEAVE

COOK

COURTSHIP

CYCLADIC FIGURE: THE HARP PLAYER

DA CAPO

DARK-GRAINED, SURPRISINGLY HEAVY

DESIRE

DIALOGUE

DOG STILL BARKING AT MIDNIGHT

DOPPELGANGER

DOWNED BRANCH

EACH HAPPINESS RINGED BY LIONS

EACH STEP

EMPEDOCLES' PHYSICS

EVEN THE VANISHING HOUSED

EVENING, LATE FALL

FLOOR

FLOWERING VETCH

FOR A GELDING

FOR A WEDDING ON MOUNT TAMALPAIS

FOR THE AUTUMN DEAD: ELECTION DAY, 1984

FOR THE WOMEN OF POLAND: DECEMBER 1981

FOR WHAT BINDS US

GREAT POWERS ONCE RAGED THROUGH YOUR BODY

HAPPINESS

HEART STARTNG AND STOPPING IN THE LATE DARK

HEAT

HESITATION

HISTORY AS THE PAINTER BONNARD

I HAVE NO USE FOR VIRGINS

I IMAGINE MYSELF IN TIME

I WRITE THESE WORDS TO DELAY

IN A NET OF BLUE AND GOLD

IN SMOOTH WATER THE MOUNTAINS SUSPEND THEMSELVES

IN THAT WORLD, THE ANGELS WEAR FINS

IN THE YEAR EIGHT HUNDRED

IN YELLOW GRASS

IN YOUR HANDS

INFLECTION FINALLY UNGRASPABLE BY GRAMMAR

INSPIRATION

INVOCATION

IT IS EASY TO BE FASCINATED WITH DEATH

IT WAS LIKE THIS: YOU WERE HAPPY

ITHACA IN ARMS

JUST BELOW THE SURFACE

JUSTICE WITHOUT PASSION

KNOWING NOTHING

LAKE AND MAPLE

LEAVING THE OCTOBER PALACE

LETTER TO HUGO FROM LATER

LOVE AMID OWL-CRIES

LULLABYE

MEETING THE LIGHT COMPLETELY

MOMENT

MULBERRIES

MULE HEART

MUSIC

NARCISSUS: TEL AVIV, BAGHDAD, SAN FRANCISCO; FEBRUARY 1991

NEEDLES OF PINE, OF MORNING

NOT MOVING EVEN ONE STEP

NOVEMBER, REMEMBERING VOLTAIRE

20-Oct-83

OF GRAVITY & ANGELS

OF THE BODY

ON READING BRECHT

ON THE BEACH

ON THE CURRENT EVENTS

OPTIMISM

OSIRIS

PATCHED CARPET

PERCOLATION

POE: AN ASSAY (I)

POEM WITH TWO ENDINGS

POMEGRANATES

PROTEUS ENTERING WATER

RAIN IN MAY

RECALLING A SUNG DYNASTY LANDSCAPE

RED POPPIES

RESPITE

RESTRINGING THE BEADS

RIPENESS

SEE HOW THE ROADS ARE STREWN

SILK CORD

SLEEP

SLEEPING

SLEEPING IN THE AFTERNOON

SPEED AND PERFECTION

SPELL TO BE SAID BEFORE SLEEP

STANDING DEER

STORM: YADDO, 1989

SURROUNDED BY ALL THE FALLING

TAMARA STANDS IN STRAW

THAT FALLING

ADAMANTINE PERFECTION OF DESIRE

ATTEMPT

CONTRACT

DESTINATION

DOOR

GODS ARE NOT LARGE

GROUNDFALL PEAR

HAWK CRY

HEART AS ORIGAMI

HOUSE IN WINTER

HUNGRY GHOSTS

KINGDOM

LIVES OF THE HEART

LOVE OF AGED HORSES

MEETING

MESMER

MOUNTAIN

MUSIC LIKE WATER

NOVEMBER ANGELS

OTHER EARTH

PATTERN THAT CONNECTS

PROMISE

REFUSAL

RITUAL

ROOM

ROSES OF THE NAG HAMMADI LIBRARY

SHADOW

SILENCE

SONG

SPEED WITH WHICH BLUE NEEDLES MOVE

STING

STREAM OF IT

TASK

THIEF

WATER DIAMONDS

WEDDING

WEIGHING

WINDOW

WORLD

THEOLOGY

THIS LOVE

THIS RIPENESS

THIS WAS ONCE A LOVE POEM

THREE TIMES MY LIFE HAS OPENED

TO DRINK

TO HEAR THE FALLING WORLD

TONIGHT THE INCALCULABLE STARS

TOWARD THE INFINITE

TOWARD THE SOLSTICE

TREE

TROMPE L'OEIL

TWO WASHINGS

UKIYO-E

UNDER THE RIVER

WAKING THIS MORNING DREAMLESS AFTER LONG SLEEP

WHAT FALLS

WHAT THE HEART WANTS

WHITE CURTAIN IN SUNLIGHT AND WIND

WITH SINGING AND BANNERS

WOMAN IN RED COAT



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