#russellthorburn
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Music spoken word by Gregory Ormson, Russell Thorburn, Darrell Syria. Lightning Bolts and Scars – New Plains Student Publishing (newplainsreview.com)
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In describing Welsh poet and prose writer Dylan Thomas’ 1947 poem, “Do not go gentle into that good night,” Denise Levertov wrote, “it is a rapturous ode to the unassailable tenacity of the human spirit.” Here, Randy Anagnostis and I create an interpretation for today with a few lines from Thomas’ poem. http://https://www.dropbox.com/s/m249adgr4kwv5xx/%27Shape%20Of%20Hope%27%20part%20one%20~%20by%20Gregory%20Ormson%20and%20Randy%20Anagnostis.mp4?dl=0
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Hear “When I Get Back to Marquette,” and “Mescalero Territory.” Russell Thorburn, NEA recipient, is the author of four books of poems. His last book, Somewhere We’ll Leave the World, was published by Wayne State University Press. Currently he is producing and directing his one-act play Bomb Shelter for Black Box Theater at Northern Michigan
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GREGORY ORMSON Misfit Hearts by Russell Thorburn (Rocky Shore Books, 2012) 90 pp. $16.00 (paper) ISBN 978-0-9823319-6-5. In Thorburn’s five poetry works, I explore the poetic credo arising from his well-structured presentation of human tempest. In Thorburn’s first work, Approximate Desire, I saluted him for bringing both gravity and grace to us with words that moved me
GREGORY ORMSON'S Notes, Articles, Blogs, Vlogs Gregory Ormson writes from the ecotone, the vibrant intersections of landscape, spirituality, and physical presence. His essays and poems have appeared in literary journals, anthologies, and print magazines. Author of *Yoga Song* and other works, Ormson blends lyrical observation with grounded reflection drawn from his Midwestern roots and global travels. He lives in Arizona and Wisconsin, seeking stillness where stories emerge like bears. 