TOP

Linda Gregg

Linda Gregg

Born: 9 September 1942 • Died: 20 March 2019

Linda Gregg was born in New York and raised in Marin County, California. Gregg published many several collections of poetry, including All of It Singing: New and Selected Poems (2008), a Los Angeles Times Favorite Book of 2008 and winner of the Poetry Society of America’s William Carlos Williams Award; In the Middle Distance (2006); Things and Flesh (1999), finalist for the Kingsley Tufts Award for Poetry; Chosen by the Lion (1995); Sacraments of Desire (1992); Alma (1985); and Too Bright to See (1981). She lived in New York until her death in early 2019. (Source)

Poems by Linda Gregg

Header PostFeaturedImage 10

Let Birds by Linda Gregg

“Allow the ocean to wake in you.” — Linda Gregg
Header PostFeaturedImage 02

Alma to Her Sister by Linda Gregg

“alone no loneliness done. in the dream / in the quiet of the day done in the sunrise / Louise. in the dream in the dream / in the sunrise in the sunset.” — Linda Gregg
Header PostFeaturedImage 09

Slow Dance by the Ocean by Linda Gregg

"The world moves, my Lord, and I stay still, / yielding as it passes through." — Linda Gregg
Header PostFeaturedImage 08

The Light Continues by Linda Gregg

"When the sun / is gone, the light continues / high up in the sky for a while. / When I return, the moon is there. / Like a changing of the guard." — Linda Gregg
Header PostFeaturedImage 01

Each Thing Measured by the Same Sun by Linda Gregg

"Nothing to tell. Nothing to desire. / A silence that is not unhappy." — Linda Gregg
Header PostFeaturedImage 11

Nights in the Neighborhood by Linda Gregg

"I notice the ones in pain / shine more than the others." — Linda Gregg
Header PostFeaturedImage 04

The Letter by Linda Gregg

"Perhaps my happiness proves a weakness in my life. / Even my failures in poetry please me." — Linda Gregg
Header PostFeaturedImage 08

Of Absence by Linda Gregg

"To see if the moon is a mouth. / To see if I am what it wants." — Linda Gregg