Speaking of people I had to exclude: Hank Williams. which is to say, songs are part of lyric poetry in my book, my thinking. In fact they are the urgent element of poetry in our time, they carry the most emotion for the most people in our culture. everyone LOVES poetry, because we all love (one form or another) of rock and roll (be it folk to emo to rap). It's all rock and roll and all lyric poetry.
To me, poetry is about survival first of all. Survival of the individual self, survival of the emotional life. - Gregory Orr
To me, poetry is about survival first of all. Survival of the individual self, survival of the emotional life.
- Gregory Orr
I want language to help us live in a world of wonder/terror/change. I want it to be about "becoming" rather than "being." I think that being and noun… - Gregory Orr
I want language to help us live in a world of wonder/terror/change. I want it to be about "becoming" rather than "being." I think that being and noun…
Speaking of people I had to exclude: Hank Williams. which is to say, songs are part of lyric poetry in my book, my thinking. In fact they are the urg… - Gregory Orr
Speaking of people I had to exclude: Hank Williams. which is to say, songs are part of lyric poetry in my book, my thinking. In fact they are the urg…
Every breath is a resurrection. - Gregory Orr
Every breath is a resurrection.
No one can threaten poetry. It's always been there, always will be. Humans need it to live: it has sustaining powers. How could we (anyone) get throu… - Gregory Orr
No one can threaten poetry. It's always been there, always will be. Humans need it to live: it has sustaining powers. How could we (anyone) get throu…
When it's right you can't say Who is kissing whom. - Gregory Orr
When it's right you can't say Who is kissing whom.
When you're a young poet, reading is a search for your lost family. - Gregory Orr
When you're a young poet, reading is a search for your lost family.
That's crudely put, but If we're not supposed to dance, Why all this music? - Gregory Orr
That's crudely put, but If we're not supposed to dance, Why all this music?
Poetry is the thread that leads us out of the labyrinth of despair and into the light. - Gregory Orr
Poetry is the thread that leads us out of the labyrinth of despair and into the light.
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