Jane Hirshfield

I AND NOT-I

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June 11, 2026

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Only When I Am Quiet and Do Not Speak Only when I am quiet for a long time and do...

Only When I Am Quiet and Do Not Speak

by Intrinsic Heart

April 15, 2021

Poetry & More

Only when I am quiet for a long time and do not speak do the objects of my life...

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- There But for the Grace
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- This Moment, This Love
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- Walking from Honduras
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- What Do Poems Do? And Is That Your Real Nose? And The Best Poem Ever.
- What I Must Tell Myself
- What the River Says, I Say
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- When I Am Among the Trees
- When I Am Among the Trees
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- Who Says Words With My Mouth
- Who Understands Me But Me
- Who You Really Are
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