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@rickehling.bsky.social Sep 20, 2026, 2:41 PM

#SmallPoemSunday @tomsnarsky.bsky.social
yes, more #JaneHirshfield
#AReamofPaper

“A deer rises onto her haunches
to reach for an apple,

though many fallen apples are on the ground.”

A REAM OF PAPER
I have a ream of paper,
a cartridge of ink,

almonds,
coffee,
a wool scarf for warmth.

Whatever handcuffs the soul,
I have brought here.

Whatever distances the heart,
I have brought here.

A deer rises onto her haunches
to reach for an apple,

though many fallen apples are on the ground.

first in Southern Review, fall 2019, then ‘Ledger’ 2020, and now ‘The Asking’

@rickehling.bsky.social Sep 13, 2026, 2:31 PM

#SmallPoemSunday @tomsnarsky.bsky.social
Today a bit more #JaneHirshfield #Tin

“To be a train station of existence is no small matter.”

Tin

I studied much and remembered little.
But the world is generous, it kept offering figs and cheeses.
Never mind that soon I'll have to give it all back,
the world, the figs.
To be a train station of existence is no small matter.
It doesn't need to be Grand Central or Haydarpaşa Station.
The engine shed could be low, windowed with coal dust
under a slat-shingled roof. It could be tin.
Another mystery bandaged with rivets and rubies.
Leaking cold and heat in both directions, as the earth does.

@zenpeacemakers.org Sep 11, 2026, 6:45 PM

In this luminous episode of the Peacemakers Podcast, poet and Zen practitioner Jane Hirshfield joins Geoff O’Keeffe for a grounded, intimate conversation about how poems — and practice — help us meet a fractured world without turning away.

voice.zenpeacemakers.org/p/...

#janehirshfield

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