“If we're not supposed to dance, / Why all this music?”
— Gregory Orr
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To Be Alive
by Gregory Orr
To be alive: not just the carcass
But the spark.
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instagram.com“If we're not supposed to dance, / Why all this music?” — Gregory Orr . . . To Be Alive by Gregory Orr To be alive: not just the carcass But the spark. That's crudely put, but... If we're not supposed to dance, Why all this music? . . . This poem appeared in Concerning the Book That Is the Body Of the Beloved by Gregory Orr, published by Copper Canyon Press (@copper_canyon_press), 2005. Shared here with deep gratitude. . . . #readalittlepoetry #GregoryOrr #readalittlepoem #poetry #poetrydaily #readpoetry
"To Be Alive" by Gregory Orr
To be alive: not just the carcass
But the spark.
That's crudely put, but...
If we're not supposed to dance,
Why all this music?
To be alive: not just the carcass
But the spark.
That's crudely put, but...
If we're not supposed to dance,
Why all this music?
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But then, somehow, it got in.
No. Not got in. That's the wrong way of putting it. Music doesn't get in. Music is already in. Music simply uncovers what is there, makes you feel emotions that you didn't necessarily know you had inside you, and runs around waking them all up. A rebirth of sorts.
There was such a yearning and energy to it. I closed my
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