Gregory orr to be alive quotes

“If we’re not supposed to dance, Why all this music?”
― Gregory Orr

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

And even hell is holy.”
― Gregory Orr

“To me, poetry is about survival first of all.

Survival of the individual self, survival of the emotional life.”
― Gregory Orr

“Maybe she loved me,
maybe not –
who knows?
Not even the gods
can see into
a human heart –
it’s that dark.”
― Gregory Orr

“Somehow something has gone wrong with poetry in our culture.

We have lost touch with its purpose and value, and in doing so, we have lost contact with essential aspects of our own emotional and spiritual lives.”
― Gregory Orr, Poetry as Survival

“To be alive: not just the carcass /
But the spark.
That's crudely put, but...
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