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Today's poem is "Contentment"

from Five Points

Jane Hirshfield is the author of six poetry books, including After (2006). She is the recipient of fellowships from the Guggenheim and Rockefeller foundations, and her many honors include the Poetry Book Center Award, the Bay Area Book Reviewers Association Award, and the Commonwealth Club of California's Poetry Medal.

Books by Jane Hirshfield:

Other poems on the web by Jane Hirshfield:
Eight poems
"Letting What Enters Enter"
"Poem with Two Endings"
Eight poems
"Habit"
Nine poems
"Possibility: An Assay"

Jane Hirshfield according to Wikipedia.

About Five Points:

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Other poems by Five Points in Verse Daily:

May 12, 2009:   "Storm Catechism" by Kim Addonizio
November 19, 2008:   "Guess Work" by Christopher Buckley

November 18, 2008:   "When I Was the Muse" by Kate Daniels
November 17, 2008:   "Dog & Father" by Sam Pereira
May 26, 2008:   "Death by Wind" by Gerald Stern
November 11, 2007:   "Disciplines" by Rumi, translated by Coleman Barks
November 7, 2007:   "Heart Poem" by Mary Oliver
November 5, 2007:   "Easeful Death" by Kim Addonizio
March 18, 2006:   "After a Month of Rain" by Linda Pastan
October 28, 2005:   "Gone" by Malena Mörling
October 27, 2005:   "Fears" Rodney Jones
October 26, 2005:   "Flamingo Film" Dave Smith
October 24, 2005:   "October Storm" David Baker
May 8, 2005:  "Riding" Robert W. Hill
May 5, 2005:  "Vessel" Cecily Parks
May 2, 2005:  "Heavenly" Mary Oliver
October 23, 2004:  "Unsound Ship" by Medbh McGuckian
September 19, 2003:  "No Shelter" by Ann Townsend

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