Three Times My Life Has Opened Summary
Jane Hirshfield

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Three Times My Life Has Opened Summary

Jane Hirshfield opted to place "Three Times My Life Has Opened" as the last poem in her 1997 collection called The Lives of the Heart, and it makes for an appropriate and intriguing closing thought. This poem is rich in metaphor and mystery, and one line probably epitomizes the latter better than any other: "You will recognize what I am saying or you will not." This is the essence of a poem that is...

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