โ Scribed by Gregory Orr
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
In this moving, playful, and deeply philosophical volume, Gregory Orr seeks innovative ways for the imagination to respond to and create meaning out of painful experiences, while at the same time rejoicing in love and language. A passionate exploration of the forces that shape us, The Last Love Poem I Will Ever Write explores themes of survival and the powerlessness of the self in a chaotic and unfair world, finding hope in the emotions and vitality of poetry.;And so -- Song of what happens -- No use closing... -- Dark song -- Song of aftermath -- "Standing, now..." -- Ode to nothing -- Reading Dickinson -- Lines standing in for religious conviction -- Ode to some lyric poets -- Ode to words -- Song of lyric geography -- You sat alone in a room... -- There are questions... -- The undertoad -- Trying hard just to listen... -- Aftermath sonnet -- "Letting my tongue sleep... " -- How often I've wished... -- It's narrow... -- Aftermath inventory -- "Shattered?..." -- For Trisha -- We were that joke... -- Ode to the country of us -- Sitting at a dinner table... -- The ferris wheel at the world's fair -- Dark provers for dark times -- I don't really care, do you? -- Charlottesville elegy -- Hector bidding wife and child a last good-bye -- Downtown tour -- Lyric revises the world -- Ode to these socks -- Coleridge and me -- Emily Dickinson test-drives the first home sewing machine -- Into a thousand pieces? -- Some phrases move... -- Ode to left-handedness -- Certain poems offer me... -- For weeks now... -- Still life -- For my daughters -- For my mother -- The last love poem I will ever write... -- Young, I took it all so... -- Secret constellation -- Inscription -- It's time...
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