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Dragging the fish

March 17, 2016 by 7 Comments

Michael Wong Loi Sing, Fish hat

…desire,
a huge fish I drag with me
through the wilderness:
I love its glint among the dust and stones.

~ Gregory Orr, Leaving The Asylum in The Red House. (Harper & Row, 1980.)

Notes:

  • Poem: Your Eyes Blaze Out
  • Art: Michael Wong Loi Sing, Fish hat. Painting: Acrylic on Canvas. Meditating woman placing herself in the stream of her thoughts, accepting what she has to do, glowing with colors. The fish has his eyes open, he is the watch man.
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Under Pressure?

August 13, 2015 by 10 Comments

painting-Almedia-blue

I listed my blessings: all those
I love who hold me here.
I looked up at the thick
interlacing of branches above my head
and saw, high up, the bright blue
of air I might breathe, air I could swim to.

—Gregory Orr, “Under Pressure,” in City of Salt

Poem: I Hear It Deep In The Hearts Core. Art: Helena Almedia (mennyfox55)

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It’s been a long day

August 5, 2015 by 9 Comments

woman-portrait-tired-fatigue

And yet I swear
I love this earth
that scars and scalds,
that burns my feet.

And even hell is holy.

~ Gregory Orr, from “Tin Cup,” in The Caged Owl: New and Selected Poems

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If we’re not supposed to dance

November 7, 2013 by 36 Comments

bird-autumn-leaves-sing

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?

~Gregory Orr

Sources: Photograph: Sensualstarfish. Poem: Thank you Karen @ Tearinyourhand. Gregory Orr Bio.

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