This is what was bequeathed us by Gregory Orr

On Being with Krista Tippett

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🗓️ 30 October 2020

⏱️ 2 minutes

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Gregory Orr reads his poem, “This is what was bequeathed us.” This poem is included in our “Taking the Long View” playlist on Spotify, which we created to get grounded in reflection that will be with us the day after the U.S. election and far beyond, whoever wins. Find more of Gregory’s poems on our website, where we’ve recently launched an entirely new way to Experience Poetry.

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0:00.0	This is what was bequeathed us, written and read by Gregory O'Rourke.
0:18.5	This is what was bequeathed us, this earth, the beloved left and leaving left to us.
0:33.2	No other world but this one, willows and the river and the factory with its black smoke
0:44.4	stacks. No other shore, only this bank on which the living gather. No meaning but what we find here,
1:00.6	no purpose but what we make. That and the beloved's clear instructions turn me into song, sing me awake.

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