--- title: "13 Poetry is Quotes By Edward Hirsch" description: "13 Poetry is quotes by Edward Hirsch. Plus more from Edward Hirsch and more Poetry is sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9a9/edward-hirsch-1614_firsts_first-of-all-i-think-that-poetry-is-very_2748222.png" --- > [First of all I think that poetry is very noble and I always have with me the sense of the nobility of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-hirsch/first-of-all-i-think-that-poetry-is-very-noble-and-i-always-have-with/) [Edward Hirsch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-hirsch/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9a9/edward-hirsch-1614_firsts_first-of-all-i-think-that-poetry-is-very_2748222.png) > [Reading poetry is an adventure in renewal, a creative act, a perpetual beginning, a rebirth of wonder.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-hirsch/reading-poetry-is-an-adventure-in-renewal-a-creative-act-a-perpetual/) [Edward Hirsch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-hirsch/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0a8/edward-hirsch-1614_adventure_reading-poetry-is-an-adventure-in-renewa_916918.png) > [Now, the process of writing poetry is very messy. Not systematic, never quite the same](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-hirsch/now-the-process-of-writing-poetry-is-very-messy-not-systematic-never/) [Edward Hirsch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-hirsch/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f49/edward-hirsch-1614_messy_now-the-process-of-writing-poetry-is-ver_2960731.png) > [I have tried to remember throughout that poetry is made by flesh-and-blood human beings. It is a bloody art. It lives on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-hirsch/i-have-tried-to-remember-throughout-that-poetry-is-made-by-flesh-and/) [Edward Hirsch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-hirsch/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/43c/edward-hirsch-1614_art_i-have-tried-to-remember-throughout-that_3182990.png) > [Now, I do say, "It's possible. You might be the first. I'm not saying it's impossible, but the odds are very much…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-hirsch/now-i-do-say-it-s-possible-you-might-be-the-first-i-m-not-saying-it-s/) [Edward Hirsch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-hirsch/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/99a/edward-hirsch-1614_books_now-i-do-say-it-s-possible-you-might-be_2161322.png) > [The idea of how to read a poem is based on the idea that poetry needs you as a reader. That the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-hirsch/the-idea-of-how-to-read-a-poem-is-based-on-the-idea-that-poetry-needs/) [Edward Hirsch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-hirsch/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7d6/edward-hirsch-1614_alone_the-idea-of-how-to-read-a-poem-is-based_339095.jpg) > [I would say there are different kinds of poems. There are things that poets in the history of poetry hit upon when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-hirsch/i-would-say-there-are-different-kinds-of-poems-there-are-things-that/) [Edward Hirsch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-hirsch/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6eb/edward-hirsch-1614_age_i-would-say-there-are-different-kinds-of_2509857.jpg) > [I would be happier if people who went through MFA programs also were already, by then, deeply committed readers of poetry because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-hirsch/i-would-be-happier-if-people-who-went-through-mfa-programs-also-were/) [Edward Hirsch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-hirsch/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6cd/edward-hirsch-1614_books_i-would-be-happier-if-people-who-went-th_2009270.png) > [The mysterious thing about writing poetry is that when you're - when things are going poorly, when you're not thinking well, even…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-hirsch/the-mysterious-thing-about-writing-poetry-is-that-when-you-re-when/) [Edward Hirsch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-hirsch/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/302/edward-hirsch-1614_connections_the-mysterious-thing-about-writing-poetr_581926.png) > [And a lot of poetry is putting yourself back into the state of wonder that you have before things when you're a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-hirsch/and-a-lot-of-poetry-is-putting-yourself-back-into-the-state-of-wonder/) [Edward Hirsch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-hirsch/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c8d/edward-hirsch-1614_children_and-a-lot-of-poetry-is-putting-yourself_3022123.jpg) > [ She \[Carol Parsinan\] somehow read my poems and came back to me and convinced me that I could be a poet, that… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-hirsch/she-carol-parsinan-somehow-read-my-poems-and-came-back-to-me-and/) [Edward Hirsch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-hirsch/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a3f/edward-hirsch-1614_carols_she-carol-parsinan-somehow-read-my-poems_3055277.jpg) > [One of the deep fundamentals of poetry is the recurrence of sounds, syllables, words, phrases, lines, and stanzas. Repetition can be one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-hirsch/one-of-the-deep-fundamentals-of-poetry-is-the-recurrence-of-sounds/) [Edward Hirsch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-hirsch/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a9c/edward-hirsch-1614_bliss_one-of-the-deep-fundamentals-of-poetry-i_2135013.jpg) > [I have the idea that lyric poetry is a poetry that's driven by a sense of the presence of death. That there's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-hirsch/i-have-the-idea-that-lyric-poetry-is-a-poetry-that-s-driven-by-a/) [Edward Hirsch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-hirsch/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e3b/edward-hirsch-1614_childhood_i-have-the-idea-that-lyric-poetry-is-a-p_501947.png) ## Other authors on Poetry is ## More by Edward Hirsch > [And my experience is the best titles, for me, emerge in the process of writing. They don't usually come at the very beginning and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-hirsch/and-my-experience-is-the-best-titles-for-me-emerge-in-the-process-of/) [Edward Hirsch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-hirsch/) > [“I did not know the work of mourning Is like carrying a bag of cement Up a mountain at night The mountaintop is not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-hirsch/i-did-not-know-the-work-of-mourning-is-like-carrying-a-bag-of-cement/) [Edward Hirsch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-hirsch/) > [“Fall" Fall, falling, fallen. That’s the way the season Changes its tense in the long-haired maples That dot the road; the veiny hand-shaped leaves…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-hirsch/fall-fall-falling-fallen-that-s-the-way-the-season-changes-its-tense/) [Edward Hirsch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-hirsch/) > [I find great consolation in having a lot of poetry books around. I believe that writing poetry and reading it are deeply intertwined. I've…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-hirsch/i-find-great-consolation-in-having-a-lot-of-poetry-books-around-i/) [Edward Hirsch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-hirsch/) > [I had feelings that I didn't know what to do with, and I felt better when I started writing them. I thought of it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-hirsch/i-had-feelings-that-i-didn-t-know-what-to-do-with-and-i-felt-better/) [Edward Hirsch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-hirsch/) > [I think in terms of educating a group of readers, MFA programs are very good. I just think the model of MFA programs in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-hirsch/i-think-in-terms-of-educating-a-group-of-readers-mfa-programs-are/) [Edward Hirsch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-hirsch/) > [“Jonson wrote a poem and called his son His best piece of poetrie A lovely line a little loathsome I loved that poem once…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-hirsch/jonson-wrote-a-poem-and-called-his-son-his-best-piece-of-poetrie-a/) [Edward Hirsch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-hirsch/) > [After my grandfather died I went down to the basement of my family house where my family kept books, anthologies and things and there…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-hirsch/after-my-grandfather-died-i-went-down-to-the-basement-of-my-family/) [Edward Hirsch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-hirsch/) > [It does demand a certain space in order to read it and I think that space is somewhat threatened by the lack of attention…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-hirsch/it-does-demand-a-certain-space-in-order-to-read-it-and-i-think-that/) [Edward Hirsch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-hirsch/) > [...I put down these memorandums of my affections in honor of tenderness, in honor of all of those who have been conscripted into the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-hirsch/i-put-down-these-memorandums-of-my-affections-in-honor-of-tenderness/) [Edward Hirsch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-hirsch/) > [Poetry is a vocation. It is not a career but a calling.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-hirsch/poetry-is-a-vocation-it-is-not-a-career-but-a-calling/) [Edward Hirsch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-hirsch/) > [You're shadowed by your own dream, especially as you get older, of trying to create something that will last in poetry. And so, you're…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-hirsch/you-re-shadowed-by-your-own-dream-especially-as-you-get-older-of/) [Edward Hirsch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-hirsch/) > [The attention deficit disorder of the culture is very distressing in America now and I think it puts a lot of things at risk,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-hirsch/the-attention-deficit-disorder-of-the-culture-is-very-distressing-in/) [Edward Hirsch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-hirsch/) > [Now, as I've gotten older I've been able to write more quickly. Sometimes I get in the space of something and I can do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-hirsch/now-as-i-ve-gotten-older-i-ve-been-able-to-write-more-quickly/) [Edward Hirsch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-hirsch/) > [Poetry takes courage because you have to face things and you try to articulate how you feel.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-hirsch/poetry-takes-courage-because-you-have-to-face-things-and-you-try-to/) [Edward Hirsch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-hirsch/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/poetry-is/edward-hirsch/#itemlist", "name": "13 Poetry is Quotes By Edward Hirsch", "numberOfItems": 13, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "First of all I think that poetry is very noble and I always have with me the sense of the nobility of poetry.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Edward Hirsch" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-hirsch/first-of-all-i-think-that-poetry-is-very-noble-and-i-always-have-with/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9a9/edward-hirsch-1614_firsts_first-of-all-i-think-that-poetry-is-very_2748222.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9a9/edward-hirsch-1614_firsts_first-of-all-i-think-that-poetry-is-very_2748222.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9a9/edward-hirsch-1614_firsts_first-of-all-i-think-that-poetry-is-very_2748222.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“First of all I think that poetry is very noble and I always have with me the sense of the nobility of poetry.” — Edward Hirsch", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Reading poetry is an adventure in renewal, a creative act, a perpetual beginning, a rebirth of wonder.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Edward Hirsch" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-hirsch/reading-poetry-is-an-adventure-in-renewal-a-creative-act-a-perpetual/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0a8/edward-hirsch-1614_adventure_reading-poetry-is-an-adventure-in-renewa_916918.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0a8/edward-hirsch-1614_adventure_reading-poetry-is-an-adventure-in-renewa_916918.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0a8/edward-hirsch-1614_adventure_reading-poetry-is-an-adventure-in-renewa_916918.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Reading poetry is an adventure in renewal, a creative act, a perpetual beginning, a rebirth of wonder.” — Edward Hirsch", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Now, the process of writing poetry is very messy. 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