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  • The Heart-Work of Poems
    April 18, 2016

    The Heart-Work of Poems

    by Mark S. Burrows In her marvelous recent collection of essays on poetry, Jane Hirshfield suggests that “the desire of monks and mystics is not unlike that of artists: to perceive the extraordinary in the ordinary by changing not the … Continue reading →
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  • April 8, 2016

    Longing as the Way

    Mark S. Burrows It is a strange and lovely word, ”longing,” one hard to say quickly because of the arc of the soft “o” followed by the gentle “ng” sound—doubled in this word—which we must give shape to in the … Continue reading →
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