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Debi Cates
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"A Thinking Stillness"...Hirshfield's poems are like standing next to a mystic and suddenly being able to hear their thoughts. No preamble, no explications, no self...just observations and the insights to where they lead.
— Jul 12, 2024 06:02PM
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Debi Cates
is on page 75 of 128
Still sipping this book, a few poems every few days, once a week, once every couple of weeks. Whenever I know I am receptive to subtlety. I feel like I've become, if not a friend, a neighbor to Hirshfield.
— Nov 11, 2024 05:57PM
Debi Cates
is on page 46 of 128
I got distracted from reading through this book of poems. Why have I wasted time, depriving myself of it? Nevermind. I resumed and the first poem was just what I craved now.
— Nov 02, 2024 11:09PM
Debi Cates
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End of Part One. I've been marking poems I love with a penciled heart. They are The Lives of the Heart, The Heart's Counting Knows Only One, Not Moving Even One Step, Standing Deer, and Clappered Heart. I'm enchanted, entranced, and in love.
— Jul 09, 2024 09:26PM
Debi Cates
is on page 19 of 128
This is such an amazing book of poetry! I can't help but cry at many of them. The last one I just read, "Standing Deer" had that effect. It's like what she doesn't say moves me as much as what she does. She strikes a profound balance.
— Jul 07, 2024 08:51PM