Paucis Verbis

Why
did she take
the paper flowers
and the huge golden butterfly
inhabiting her head
(along with the stuffed
bird
in her ribcage)
and without saying a word
lay them out
on the wooden
floor?

~Nikos Engonopoulas. from the Poem: Aubade.

“Being a lyric poet, I’ve always wanted everything to be revealed in a single, crises moment or a single focused dramatic encounter. Art (lyric art) can be like that, but life itself isn’t always that way. So, I guess I learned “patience” with a theme, letting a theme ease out a bit at a time. Patience is not an easily-acquired virtue or insight for lyric poets. We have very, very short attention spans.”

– Gregory Orr, Poet and Author. From Q&A: Gregory Orr on ‘The Blessing’ at Narrative. Continue reading here.

–Artwork: ‘Dream’ by Van Renselar. One of my favorite artists. Visit his site here.

“One secret of personal lyric is that it extends a ‘lyric invitation’ to the reader: identify with me for the length of this document (poem/memoir)–’become’ me and see through my eyes, think with my thoughts.”

~~Gregory Orr, Poet and Author. From Gregory Orr: memoir as ’lyric invitation’ at Narrative. Read the complete article here.

Note to Readers: The Page and Category Titles on this blog show my love for etymology. These words are from the original Old French and Latin usage (both spellings and meanings). Source: Chambers Dictionary of Etymology ©1988 The H. W. Wilson Company.

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