Sara has two full length collections published with Burning Eye Books. Since they split their time between hemispheres there are two choices for online browsing:

In the UK?  To order your copies please click here

In New Zealand?  To order your copies please click here

Every you order you make by clicking this link is 'poet friendly' (eg. the money goes directly to the poet). Rather than getting a cheap deal on big corporate websites, please consider buying directly from the artist and supporting them to continue to make work. Every order from Sara comes with a hand written note and a signature and there is a deal if you buy both books, making it as affordable as possible.

still falling - debut collection

Louder Than Words

'A great classroom resource' Apples & Snakes
​
This is a conversation between poems, schools and
​hemispheres, including poems by students in London and New
Zealand, alongside original poems by Sara Hirsch.

These are the poems scrawled in the back of maths textbooks,
stuffed in blazer pockets, the poems spat in school
playgrounds and the ones that never made it that far. These
poems spiral between the personal and the universal in an
attempt to capture what it is to write, speak and breathe as
a young person today and as a poet who still doesn’t know
what they wants to be when they grow up.

 ‘This book shows that one of the great ways to start people writing poems is for one person to read a poem they’ve written and talk about it. This sets off a string of thoughts and ideas in the minds of those listening who can, if the situation is right, usually start writing. In this excellent collection, Sara Hirsch both demonstrates the method and gives us the results, making it a great read and model for how to teach poetry.’

Michael Rosen

In 'Still Falling', performance poet Sara Hirsch celebrates people, positivity and the power of perspective.

Through wit, rhyme and unadulterated honesty, Sara plummets through the friendships, relationships and encounters that have shaped her perception of her place on this planet.

Whether ex lover or total stranger, no one is spared in this deeply moving, life affirming descent into death, dreams and a determination to laugh in the face of an easy life.
We all stumble at some point. Sara Hirsch invites you to join her in enjoying the fall.

Published by Burning Eye Books in 2016. 

“These are love songs for a lost generation. Hirsch’s poetry projects into every living room and on every heart.” 
Joelle Taylor

---

photo credit: Ian Taylor