River Inside The River: Three Lyric Sequences

Name: River Inside The River: Three Lyric Sequences
Author: Gregory Orr
ISBN: 9780393239744

by Gregory Orr

Three gorgeous poetic sequences that combine the intensity of lyric with the thematic scope and range of narrative and myth. From the acclaimed American poet whose work the San Francisco Review called “mystical, carnal, reflective, wry” come three gorgeous poetic sequences. In the first, “Eden and After,” Gregory Orr retells the story of Adam and Eve. The second sequence, “The City of Poetry,” evokes and explores a visionary metropolis where “every poem is a house, and every house a poem.” The final sequence, “River Inside the River,” focuses on redemption through the mysterious power of language to resurrect the beloved and recover what is lost. River Inside the River combines Orr’s characteristic spirituality and meditative lyricism with storytelling and myth-making.…

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"Gregory Orr is a kind of oracular bard, praising, in short lyrics that comprise three long sequences in this book, the enduring capacity of the poetic imagination to make real headway toward healing the wounds of old trauma. Orr himself accidentally shot his own brother in a childhood hunting accident, a memory that permeates all his work and, paradoxically, becomes a source of extreme compassion. In these poems, you’ll find the year’s most convincing case for why poetry matters."

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