Painting by Trisha Orr
Paradise Corner
Persian word meaning "walled garden"
Pleasure space crammed
with flowers, fountains,
and cool shade-
all the joys
earth affords
hidden behind high walls.
Crack, lightning zap
I press my eye against—
glimpse of paradise
that makes me long for more.
Gregory Orr
Posted over on Trisha Orr
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