The attention deficit disorder of the culture is very distressing in America now and I think it puts a lot of things at risk, not just poetry.
Edward HirschA certain construct of emotions that really define who you are and who you will become and I feel very much that my childhood is very alive inside of me, very close to me, very much part of me. And it's a sometimes painful, sometimes joyous inexhaustible resource for poetry.
Edward HirschNow, as I've gotten older I've been able to write more quickly. Sometimes I get in the space of something and I can do a lot in a day.
Edward Hirsch