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Three Poems

Three Poems L I N D A G R E G G c h r i s t l o v e d b e i n g h o u s e d The time of passion is younger than us . It does not live in memories or metaphors, but in living things: quail, bay trees , the sun leaving and returning. Going and being there . Dark , rain, and colors spreading through the late sky afterwards. So much like the Apache and Tarahumara who live differently now, as I do. But I want to ask you about the nature of love. Do you think it is unearthly ? I want to tell you it is, and more . Christ did not want to leave the body. Love resides entirely in the part of us that is the least defended or safe . In the part that has no alternative to loss, defeat, and dying. Our tragedy of being. All else is tested by its ßint in what it strikes upon in darkness . 112 c l e a r s k y g o e s u p f a r t h e r t h http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Manoa University of Hawai'I Press

Three Poems

Manoa , Volume 13 (2) – Oct 1, 2001

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University of Hawai'I Press
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Copyright © 2001 University of Hawai'i Press.
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Abstract

L I N D A G R E G G c h r i s t l o v e d b e i n g h o u s e d The time of passion is younger than us . It does not live in memories or metaphors, but in living things: quail, bay trees , the sun leaving and returning. Going and being there . Dark , rain, and colors spreading through the late sky afterwards. So much like the Apache and Tarahumara who live differently now, as I do. But I want to ask you about the nature of love. Do you think it is unearthly ? I want to tell you it is, and more . Christ did not want to leave the body. Love resides entirely in the part of us that is the least defended or safe . In the part that has no alternative to loss, defeat, and dying. Our tragedy of being. All else is tested by its ßint in what it strikes upon in darkness . 112 c l e a r s k y g o e s u p f a r t h e r t h

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ManoaUniversity of Hawai'I Press

Published: Oct 1, 2001

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