Poets/Gregory Orr

Gregory Orr

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Here’s a seed. Food …

Gregory Orr

1. a night in the barn …

Gregory Orr

After our march from the Hudson to the top …

Gregory Orr

As the sheriff remarked: I had no business being there. He was right, but for the wrong reasons. Among that odd crew of volunteers from the North, I was by far the most inept and least effective. I couldn’t have inspired or assisted a woodchuck to vote. …

Gregory Orr

I stood inside myself …

Gregory Orr

Snapping turtles in the pond eat bass, sunfish, …

Gregory Orr

I felt both pleasure and a shiver …

Gregory Orr

Hunkered down, nerve-numb, …

Gregory Orr

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