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Jane Hirshfield, "A Chair in Snow"
poetry

Jane Hirshfield, "A Chair in Snow"

I thought I should share Jane Hirshfield's "A Chair in Snow" because it so beautifully illustrates the weight of the season.

  • Ashok Karra
Ashok Karra Nov 30, 2024 • 3 min read
Jane Hirshfield, "I sat in the sun"
poetry

Jane Hirshfield, "I sat in the sun"

Jane Hirshfield opens the sacredness of the everyday in "I sat in the sun."

  • Ashok Karra
Ashok Karra Oct 14, 2024 • 4 min read
Jane Hirshfield, "Sonoma Fire"
poetry

Jane Hirshfield, "Sonoma Fire"

The world is burning.

  • Ashok Karra
Ashok Karra Jun 9, 2022 • 4 min read
Jane Hirshfield, "Everything Has Two Endings"
poetry

Jane Hirshfield, "Everything Has Two Endings"

Grief and pain are tied to a loss of communication. There's a numbness in knowing you can't be heard.

  • Ashok Karra
Ashok Karra Apr 21, 2022 • 4 min read
Jane Hirshfield, "All the Difficult Hours and Minutes"
poetry

Jane Hirshfield, "All the Difficult Hours and Minutes"

Hirshfield's poem brings us to a number of pains and frustrations. They are "difficult hours and minutes," "like salted plums in a jar."

  • Ashok Karra
Ashok Karra Jan 30, 2022 • 5 min read
Jane Hirshfield, "A Day Is Vast"
poetry

Jane Hirshfield, "A Day Is Vast"

“A day is vast. / Until noon. / Then it’s over.”

  • Ashok Karra
Ashok Karra Apr 27, 2021 • 3 min read
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