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Edward Hirsch on Books

born 1950 United States

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The poem is an original and unique creation, but it is reading and recitation: participation.

How to Read a Poem And Fall in Love with Poetry (1998)

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

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