After : Poems
Library Journal Review: The conversational yet metaphysical poems in Hirshfield's (Given Sugar, Given Salt) sixth collection look at everyday circumstances through a foreshortened lens. Images of flowers, fruits, stones, wolves, beetles, fireflies, paintings, and dogs?most of these poems mention dogs?all represent elusive emotional states. In Lemons, e.g., Hirshfield uses grated lemon rind bitters to suggest […]