Changing Everything Poem by Jane Hirshfield

Changing Everything

Rating: 4.4


I was walking again
in the woods,
a yellow light
was sifting all I saw.

Willfully,
with a cold heart,
I took a stick,
lifted it to the opposite side
of the path.

There, I said to myself,
that's done now.
Brushing one hand against the other,
to clean them
of the tiny fragments of bark.

Friday, September 12, 2014
Topic(s) of this poem: woods
COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Gangadharan Nair Pulingat 17 December 2014

Meaningful poem and it is so lovable with humanity.

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Luo Zhihai 04 January 2015

I would like to translate your poems into Chinese. Could you?

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It''s In Chinese 13 October 2019

Done. Welcome.

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Luo Zhihai 04 January 2015

I would like to translate your poems into Chinese. Could you?

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Mike Hunt 13 October 2019

done mate!

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Hairball 27 February 2020

this poem made me decide to shave my head for charity! ! it made me cry with the most majestic and fluffy joy! ... if you were a seal would you want to get eaten by a shark...? ? ?

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garficcino 27 February 2020

fantastic poem, really enjoyed it! perhaps you could add Garfield into the next one? ? xox

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Abhilasha Laghari 13 October 2019

Poem are amazing, I have hard time understand it, but I feel meaning none the less. Thank, thank you. Love from here India! xx

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Karen 13 October 2019

Can I please speak to your manager? I have a few questions.

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Katie Svil 28 August 2018

This poem is very nice to read, makes me feel like there are other people out there in my situation. Stay strong everyone! xox

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Jane Hirshfield

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