Edward Hirsch Poems (18 Poems)
Wild Gratitude (Edward Hirsch Poems)
Tonight when I knelt down next to our cat, Zooey,And put my fingers into her clean cat’s mouth,And rubbed her swollen belly that will never know kittens,And watched her wriggle onto her side, pawing the air,And listened to her solemn … Continue reading
Late March (Edward Hirsch Poems)
Saturday morning in late March.I was alone and took a long walk,though I also carried a bookof the Alone, which companioned me. The day was clear, unnaturally clear,like a freshly wiped pane of glass,a window over the water,and blue, preternaturally … Continue reading
Edward Hopper and the House by the Railroad (1925) (Edward Hirsch Poems)
Out here in the exact middle of the day,This strange, gawky house has the expressionOf someone being stared at, someone holdingHis breath underwater, hushed and expectant; This house is ashamed of itself, ashamedOf its fantastic mansard rooftopAnd its pseudo-Gothic porch, … Continue reading
Fall (Edward Hirsch Poems)
Fall, falling, fallen. That’s the way the seasonChanges its tense in the long-haired maplesThat dot the road; the veiny hand-shaped leavesRedden on their branches (in a fiery competitionWith the final remaining cardinals) and thenBegin to sidle and float through the … Continue reading
Poor Angels (Edward Hirsch Poems)
At this hour the soul floats weightlesslythrough the city streets, speechless and invisible,astonished by the smoky blend of grays and goldsseeping out of the air, the dark half-tones of dusk suddenly filling the urban skywhile the body sits listlessly by … Continue reading
For the Sleepwalkers (Edward Hirsch Poems)
Tonight I want to say something wonderfulfor the sleepwalkers who have so much faithin their legs, so much faith in the invisible arrow carved into the carpet, the worn paththat leads to the stairs instead of the window,the gaping doorway … Continue reading
The Skokie Theater (Edward Hirsch Poems)
Twelve years old and lovesick, bumblingand terrified for the first time in my life,but strangely hopeful, too, and stunned,definitely stunned-I wanted to cry,I almost started to sob when Chris Kleinactually touched me-oh God-below the beltin the back row of the … Continue reading
To Poetry (Edward Hirsch Poems)
Don’t desert mejust because I stayed up last nightwatching The Lost Weekend. I know I’ve spent too much timepraising your naked body to strangersand gossiping about lovers you betrayed. I’ve stalked you in foreign citiesand followed your far-flung movements,pretending I … Continue reading
After a Long Insomniac Night (Edward Hirsch Poems)
I walked down to the sea in the early morningafter a long insomniac night. I climbed over the giant gull-colored rocksand moved past the trees,tall dancers stretching their limbsand warming up in the blue light. I entered the salty water, … Continue reading
Early Sunday Morning (Edward Hirsch Poems)
I used to mock my father and his chumsfor getting up early on Sunday morningand drinking coffee at a local spotbut now I’m one of those chumps. No one cares about my old humiliationsbut they go on dragging through my … Continue reading
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