Poem-A-Day: Gregory Orr, Untitled [I know now the beloved]

	July 23, 2012 Today's poem is copyright © 2012 by Gregory Orr. Used with permission of the author. More from this author Other Orr Poems Love Poem Some Part of the Lyric Untitled [A house just like his mother's] Untitled [This is what was bequeathed us] You can unsubscribe from our Poem-A-Day emails at at anytime—either completely, or until next April. Academy of American Poets 75 Maiden Lane Suite 901 New York, NY 10038 212-274-0343 academy@poets.org		Untitled [I know now the beloved] by Gregory Orr I know now the beloved Has no fixed abode, That each body She inhabits Is only a temporary Home.              That she Casts off forms As eagerly As lovers shed clothes. I accept that he's Just passing through That flower Or that stone. And yet, it makes Me dizzy— The way he hides In the flow of it, The way she shifts In fluid motions, Becoming other things. I want to stop him— If only briefly. I want to lure her To the surface And catch her In this net of words. Share Digg StumbleUpon Facebook E-mail to Friend