The Caged Owl Quotes

“I was born with a knife in one hand and a wound in the other.”
― Gregory Orr, The Caged Owl: New & Selected Poems

“Where would I be if not for your wild heart?
I ask this not from love, but selfishly—
how could I live? How could I make my art?”
― Gregory Orr, The Caged Owl: New & Selected Poems

“Love is what I sought.
"Hunger," they called it.”
― Gregory Orr, The Caged Owl: New & Selected Poems

“If shadows could talk
they would tell us
everything we know already
but in the melodious
language of tears
in which every third word rhymes.

from “Some Notes on Shadows”
― Gregory Orr, The Caged Owl: New & Selected Poems

“I remember the cloud on its blue bicycle
gliding over the leaves under the bare branches.
You and I were walking.
You wore your long green dress
with the hem frayed so the loose threads
seemed like tiny roots.
We were holding hands when my hand
became a yellow scarf
and you stood waving it slowly.

from “Daffodil Poem”
― Gregory Orr, The Caged Owl: New & Selected Poems

“And yet I swear, I love this earth that scars and scalds, that burns my feet. And even hell is holy.”
― Gregory Orr, The Caged Owl: New & Selected Poems