Acclaimed poet shares writing and life philosophies at University of Arkansas Fayetteville

FAYETTEVILLE — Volumes of poetry “in the world, we will never see,” but poet Jane Hirshfield is “absolutely sure” the fact these poems even exist “changes the air we breathe and the [world] we live in.” And while Hirshfield falls into “despair as much as anyone” about the current state of the planet, she’s recently realized “it’s rude to see only the negative when there’s so much beauty in the world,” she explained Tuesday during a reading followed by a question-and-answer session and book signing at the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville. “The terrible things shouldn’t blind us to the awesome…