The world looks in a ll directions…by Gregory Orr

This poem appears in Gregory Orr’s collection Concerning the Book
That Is the Body of the Beloved, published by Copper Canyon Press,
a nonprofit publisher that believes poetry is vital to language and living.

The world looks in all directions…

The world looks
In all directions
Like that vase
Of chrysanthemums
On the table.
But the beloved
Looks only at you.
How easy to choose.
Yes, the flowers
Are beautiful,
But the beloved’s gaze
Makes you beautiful, too.

– Gregory Orr,

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