"The Slow Joy of Jane Hirshfield’s Ledger" "For Hirshfield, every poem is a renewal of a lifelong intention to cultivate awareness. In writing or reading a poem, perception is porous and meaning is multi-faceted, layered, beyond argument or judgement. 'Awareness of what is, and fidelity to seeing what is with curiosity’s questioning and accuracy, are at the heart of both poetry and science,' she says." via ORION MAGAZINE |
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What Sparks Poetry: Martha Collins on Psalm 19 "One night when I was nine years old, when the stars and moon were shining brightly, my mother took me to the window and read the first verses of the 19th Psalm to me. That was a long time ago, so the version I heard was the King James, which is still....the translation I like to read. I was, as we would say now, blown away. I had heard and loved music all my short life, but I had never heard anything as beautiful as that Psalm." |
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