And when my second book had come out, "Wild Gratitude," I went to Pearl London's class and she worked through different drafts of poems and there were the drafts of my poem, "Wild Gratitude," and I saw that I had begun the poem with the title "August 13th."
Edward HirschThe very good thing about MFA programs is their democratizing. They bring a lot of different people to the table.
Edward Hirschthink what you hope for is that at different times of your life you're able to write the poetry that reflects the moment that you're in on your own journey.
Edward HirschThe idea of a poem as a message in a bottle means that it's sent out towards some future reader and the reader who opens that bottle becomes the addressee of the literary text.
Edward HirschAfter my grandfather died I went down to the basement of my family house where my family kept books, anthologies and things and there was an anthology without any names attached to it and I read a poem called Spellbound and I somehow attached it to my grandfather's death and I thought my grandfather had written it.
Edward Hirsch