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| ABOUT THE AUTHOR |
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| Gregory Orr |
Considered by many to be a master of short, lyric free verse, Orr has said, "I believe in poetry as a way of surviving the emotional chaos, spiritual confusions and traumatic events that come with being alive"
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| To be alive
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by Gregory Orr |
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To be alive: not just the carcass
But the spark.
That's crudely put, but…
If we're not supposed to dance,
Why all this music?
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From Concerning the Book that is the Body of the Beloved by Gregory Orr. Copyright © 2005 by Gregory Orr. Used by permission of Copper Canyon Press. All rights reserved.
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