Given Sugar, Given Salt
Poems
Book • 2001
Given Sugar, Given Salt presents poems that move between tenderness and the harsher realities of life, embodying the dualities implied by the title.
Hirshfield's language remains precise and musical, attending closely to image and ethical weight.
Themes include memory, relationship, mortality, and the relationships between humans and the natural world.
The collection continues her concerns with humility, interconnectedness, and the transformative possibility of attention.
It is recognized for its emotional clarity and formal control.
Hirshfield's language remains precise and musical, attending closely to image and ethical weight.
Themes include memory, relationship, mortality, and the relationships between humans and the natural world.
The collection continues her concerns with humility, interconnectedness, and the transformative possibility of attention.
It is recognized for its emotional clarity and formal control.
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