The line is a way of thinking in poetry, by poetry..it pace… - Edward Hirsch

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The line is a way of thinking in poetry, by poetry..it paces the poem.

Edward Hirsch

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

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Poetry is a form of necessary speech.

For most of history poetry has been an oral art, it retains the vestiges of orality, an experience embedded in the sensuality of sounds.

I was never able to pray
but let me inscribe my name
in the book of waves.

The line is a way of thinking in poetry, by poetry..it paces the poem. - Edward Hirsch

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