Concerning the Book That Is the Body of the Beloved We need plants to survive

We need plants to survive

If Evelyn wants to save her sister

Welcome to the eighth floor of the dungeon

a hydrologist

Concerning the Book That Is the Body of the Beloved We need plants to survive"The heart of Orr's poetry, now as ever, is the enigmatic image . . . mystical, carnal, reflective, wry." San Francisco Review This book length sequence of ecstatic, visionary lyrics recalls Rumi in its search for the beloved and its passionate belief in the healing qualities of art and beauty. Concerning the Book that is the Body of the Beloved is an incantatory celebration of the "Book," an imaginary and self gathering anthology of all the lyrics