“Another way of saying "put it in the Book" would be that each poem we write pops up in the city of poetry, where anyone can visit it. Just as we visit the poems written before us. Go to Dickinson's house, or Li Po's or whomever we think has something to say to us that might help or be beautiful.” ThinkingWayWritingBookHelpingMightWould BeBeautifulHouseCitiesWrittenPopsAnother Way Author:Gregory Orr
“In Eden I "saw" that Adam or Eve probably spoke each word FOR THE FIRST TIME and that seemed wild and seemed to me that that might have brought them to some essence of language. Once I "saw" the city, I knew it was real. once I saw that a poem was a house, i knew it was real and could go back to it or else write a flurry of poems around it, both worked.” WritingFirstsRealMightHouseLanguageCitiesSawsFirst TimeEssenceSpokesAdamEden Author:Gregory Orr
“I am committed now to one thing: lyric sequences. I want the intensity of lyric, but the scope and arc of narrative. so, I think I'll just write sequences for the foreseeable (the Beloved sequence doesn't have a 'plot' so I can just keep adding poems to it, it's like a giant bag I can just put beloved lyrics into - I think there are about 300 of them i've published by now).” ThinkingWantWritingI CanOne ThingCommittedNarrativeBelovedGiantsBagsPlotIntensityScopeSequenceArcs Author:Gregory Orr
