The poem is an act beyond paraphrase because what is being … - Edward Hirsch

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The poem is an act beyond paraphrase because what is being said is always inseparable from the way it is being said.

Edward Hirsch

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Edward Hirsch (born January 20, 1950), an American poet and critic.

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The poet creates it; the people by recitation recreate it. Poet and reader (hearer) are moments of the same reality.

These ruinous days of Autumn.At dusk,
the brightness seeps through the crumbling air,
at dusk the air gathers up the brightness

There is no true poetry unconcious inspiration.

The poem is an act beyond paraphrase because what is being said is always inseparable from the way it is being said. - Edward Hirsch

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