River Inside The River: Three Lyric Sequences

"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."