First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing First Draft - Edward Hirsch
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Nov 18, 2024 Celebrated poet Edward Hirsch discusses the power of poetry in navigating grief and the transformative role of imagination in conveying emotions. The podcast delves into childhood nostalgia, explores the emotional depth of poems by Stanley Cunice and Sharon Olds, and addresses writing challenges and rejections faced by writers.
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Read And Imitate To Learn Craft
- Read other poets deliberately to learn craft rather than only recording feelings.
- Imitate models you admire to develop technique and vocal control as a poet.
Poetry Holds Grief Open
- Edward Hirsch argues American culture is immature about sorrow and rushes people to 'get over' grief quickly.
- He believes poets openly confront grief and make it into crafted poems that help readers recognize and inhabit their feelings.
Poems Are Made Things
- Hirsch emphasizes a poem is a 'made thing' (poesis) that transforms feeling into art.
- He insists technical devices exist to serve the human purpose of the poem, not games for their own sake.