The Caged Owl

New & Selected Poems

Gregory Orr

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Copper Canyon Press,U.S.
16 May 2002

Poetry; Poetry by individual poets

Gregory Orr's genius is the transformation of trauma into art. Whether writing about his responsibility for a brother's death during a hunting accident, drug addiction, or being jailed during the Civil Rights struggle, lyricism erupts in the midst of desolation and violence. Orr's spare, succinct poems distill myth from the domestic and display a richness of action and visual detail.

This long-awaited collection is soulful work from a remarkable poet, whose poems have been described as ""mystical, carnal, reflective, and wry."" (San Francisco Review)

""Love Poem""

A black biplane crashes through the window

of the luncheonette. The pilot climbs down,

removing his leather hood.

He hands me my grandmother's jade ring.

No, it is two robin's eggs and

a telephone number: yours.

from ""Gathering the Bones Together""

A father and his four sons

run down a slope toward

a deer they just killed.

the father and two sons carry

rifles. They laugh, jostle,

and chatter together.

A gun goes off

and the youngest brother

falls to the ground.

A boy with a rifle

stands beside him,

screaming...

""Orr's is an immaculate style of latent violence and inhibited tenderness, charged with a desperate intensity whose source is often obscure.""-The New York Times Book Review

Gregory Orr is the author of seven volumes of poetry and three books of criticism. He is the editor at Virginia Quarterly Review, teaches at the University of Virginia, and lives with his wife and daughters in Charlottesville. In 2002, along with his selected poems The Caged Owl, he will also publish a memoir and a book about poetry writing: Three Strange Angels: Trauma and Transformation in Lyric Poetry.

Also Available by Gregory Orr: Orpheus & Eurydice: A Lyric Sequence

TP $12.00, 1-55659-151-9

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By: Gregory Orr
Imprint: Copper Canyon Press,U.S.
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 228mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 17mm
Weight: 340g
ISBN: 9781556591778
ISBN 10: 1556591772
Pages: 224
Publication Date: 16 May 2002
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Gregory Orr is the author of ten books of poetry, four collections of criticism, and a memoir that was selected by Publishers Weekly as a ""Best Book of the Year."" The former poetry editor for the Virginia Quarterly Review, Orr teaches at the University of Virginia and lives in Charlottesville.

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The Caged Owl

New & Selected Poems

Gregory Orr

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