100 Poems to Break Your Heart

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100 Poems to Break Your Heart | Edward Hirsch

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100 Poems to Break Your Heart | Edward Hirsch

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The title of Edward Hirsch's 100 Poems To Break Your Heart seems to be based off of a line from Mary Oliver's Lead, “Here is a story/ to break your heart.“ Rather than an anthology of romantic heartbreak,these are poems that encompass a broad range of subjects & tone. From Harryette Mullen's satirical takedown of bureaucratic language “We Are Not Responsible,“ to the Thomas Lux's “The People of the Other Village“ which tackles the absurdities of

vivastory international conflicts with surreal black humor, to Louise Gluck's lyrical meditation on the end of a relationship “Night Song“ to Marie Howe's heartstopping “What the Living Do.“ Hirsch is one of my favorite living literary critics & each poem is accompanied with a small essay containing biographical details, noteworthy info on the form, & why he included it in the anthology. I did not read the essays during this read through, but plan on 2y

vivastory doing so in the future. I did read all of the poems & it is a wonderful collection filled with both old favorites & surprises. (edited) 2y

Aimeesue Great review - It made me want to runout and buy this book, and I don't even read poetry all that often! 2y

vivastory @Aimeesue Thanks! All of Hirsch's books are perfect for dipping into randomly. 2y

Aimeesue @vivastory Borrowed it from the library today! 2y

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100 Poems to Break Your Heart | Edward Hirsch

This poem is incredible
"...My apologies to great questions for small answers.
Truth, please don't pay me much attention.
Dignity, please be magnanimous...
Soul, don't take offense that I've only got you now and then.
My apologies to everything that I can't be everywhere at once..."

batsy I love these lines. I've not read her and should remedy this soon. 2y

vivastory @batsy There's several on the poetry foundation site worth checking out 2y

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100 Poems to Break Your Heart | Edward Hirsch

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100 Poems to Break Your Heart | Edward Hirsch

I started the tagged book while making dinner & there are so many incredible works included. Each poem includes a small essay by Hirsch. I plan on reading those at some point. Hirsch is one of my favorite literary critics. For now I'm just reading the poems, several of which are established favorites.

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