The Beauty

THIS IS A BORZOI BOOK
PUBLISHED BY ALFRED A. KNOPF

Copyright © 2015 by Jane Hirshfield
All rights reserved. Published in the United States by Alfred A. Knopf, a division of Random House LLC, New York, and in Canada by Random House of Canada Limited, Toronto, Penguin Random House companies.

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Hirshfield, Jane, 1953–
   [Poems. Selections]
   The beauty : poems / Jane Hirshfield.
      pages  cm
   “This is a Borzoi Book”—Title page verso.
   Summary: “A collection of original poems by Jane Hirshfield exploring the profundities and quirks of existence”—Provided by publisher.
   ISBN 978-0-385-35107-2 (hardback) — ISBN 978-0-385-35108-9 (ebook)
   I. Title.
   PS3558.I694A6  2015
   811′.54—dc23

2014025831

Front-of-jacket image:
Still Life with Peaches
by Adrian Coorte. Private Collection /
Johnny Van Haeften Ltd., London / Bridgeman Images
Author photograph by Michael Lionstar
Jacket design by Stephanie Ross

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