Untitled [A house just like his mother's]

Gregory Orr

A house just like his mother's,

But made of words.

Everything he could remember

Inside it:

Parrots and a bowl

Of peaches, and the bright rug

His grandmother wove.

Shadows also—mysteries

And secrets.

Corridors

Only ghosts patrol.

And did I mention

Strawberry jam and toast?

Did I mention

That everyone he loved

Lives there now,

In that poem

He called "My Mother’s House?"

Love Poem by Gregory Orr
A black biplane crashes through the window

Untitled [I know now the beloved] by Gregory Orr
I know now the beloved

Untitled [This is what was bequeathed us] by Gregory Orr
This is what was bequeathed us

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		Jugglers by Francisco Aragón
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		Metamorphosis by James Richardson
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		My Mother's Funeral by Ira Sadoff
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		Picking Up by Evelyn Duncan
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