Another Poem for Albert Einstein: Timely by Mary Orovan

In this 1931 photo, physicist Albert Einstein is shown writing out an equation for the density of the Milky Way. Einstein revolutionized physics, starting with a series of papers in 1905, and became a cultural icon as well.

TIMELY
by Mary Orovan


Let me buy some time, said

     the rich man,

I now buy someone to smooth          

     every minute of what

I have.  But time looms large,                                 

     inexorably forward.

I can crush it, said the witch

     on her sonic broom.

Not fast enough—I'll take you

     there, said light,

if you observe at my speed  

     I can make time

stand still—that's what you folks

     call paradise.

     But I want to zag to the past,

embellish memories, laser on the hill

     of daisies where we first lay;

     zig to tomorrow

a dimension changing everything.

     Heaven is now; breathe &

be—shining with photons, transparent

     as good air    joy
the pure silence of not even ticking.

This poetry selection by Mary Orovan is from her chapbook, Green Rain, published by Poets Wear Prada in 2008.

Green Rain
by Mary Orovan
ISBN 978-0-9817678-5-7
Soft Cover, Perfect Bound, 30 pp.
$10.00
Buy online at Amazon.com
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Sharing the Love & Poetry to Celebrate Valentine's Day!

Wednesday, February 13, 2013 -- Poets Wear Prada is  sharing the love with a different poem from our collection of poetry books every few hours starting today thru' Friday to celebrate Valentine's Day!  Enjoy and share them with  someone you love.

Pale Male & Lola

Pornography in the Park

by Mary Orovan

Public mating,

      out in the open,

   Grey owl has cozied

with Red owl 

     in hollow hole

of the old Pin oak,                                    

     fluffing each other's cheeks,

 waiting for the moon.

    

And Pale Male and Lola,

    our City hawks, atop the Carlyle Hotel,   

                     aerobatic display,

always Valentine's day.

Indigo go go

   puffed puffed pigeons

followingcirclingfollowing,

   woo.     Bill and … .

   Egregious acts

of ubiquitous birds

        oh, baby, all over the City.         

              Edgy music in the Ramble

    wild timbres and rhythms

bird calls                       

                                        bird calls

   birds answering

                           love on the fly everywhere.

This poetry selection, "Pornography in the Park" by Mary Orovan, is from "Green Rain," published by Poets Wear Prada in 2008.

Green Rain
by Mary Orovan
ISBN 978-0-9817678-5-7
Soft Cover, Perfect Bound, 30 pp.
$10.00
Buy online at Amazon.com
http://amzn.com/0981767850/
And from CreateSpace
https://www.createspace.com/3479061

Praise for Mary Orovan's "Green Rain":

We really enjoy your use of imagery, descriptive language and insight.

  

—Pat Swenson, Editor Emeritus,

Avocet, A Journal of Nature Poems

Besides being wonderful poems they have an undercurrent, sometimes a flood-tide of sensuality, Eros and Thanatos, which gives the book a life above and beyond the beautiful words.

—George Spencer, Co-host of ABC No Rio

 

Poets Wear Prada is a small literary press based in Frank Sinatra's hometown, Hoboken, NJ, publishing beautifully designed books of excellent poetry since 2006.  Roxanne Hoffman and Jack Cooper, editors & co-publishers. 

Mary Orovan's GREEN RAIN Now Available on Amazon

GREEN RAIN
Poems by
Mary Orovan
Trade Paperback: 30 pages, perfect bound
Publisher: Poets Wear Prada (December 10, 2008)
ISBN-10: 0981767850 / ISBN-13: 978-0981767857
List Price: $10.00

GREEN RAIN: Poems by Mary Orovan has been re-released as perfect bound edition and is now available on Amazon.com.  You can preview this book at http://issuu.com/pradapoet/docs/greenrainbymaryorovan






"We really enjoy your use of imagery, descriptive language and insight."
~Pat Swenson, Editor Emeritus, AVOCET, A JOURNAL OF NATURE POEMS

"Besides being wonderful poems they have an undercurrent, sometimes a flood-tide of sensuality, Eros and Thanatos, which gives the book a life above and beyond the beautiful words."
~George Spencer, Co-host of The Phoenix Reading Series and ABC No Rio

About the Author

Mary Orovan was Features Editor of US CAMERA MAGAZINE, and taught in the Humanities Department at Polytechnic University, Brooklyn, NY. Her poems have appeared in AVOCET, A JOURNAL OF NATURE POEMS, as well as in AMOSKEAG, THE FOURTH RIVER, FRESHWATER, HIDDEN OAK, MAIN CHANNEL VOICES, 13TH MOON and the two peace anthologies, POETRY FOR PEACE (SandStar Publications, 2002) and ECHOES FROM THE HEART, edited by Tycho Thal for the Twin Towers Orphan Fund, 2003.

Mary Orovan | Green Rain

We really enjoy your use of imagery, descriptive language and insight.

—Pat Swenson, Editor Emeritus, Avocet, A Journal of Nature Poems

GREEN RAIN
Poems by Mary Orovan
ISBN 978-0-9817678-5-7
soft cover, saddle stitch, 20 pp.
$8.00 (+ $1.50 S&H)

Besides being wonderful poems they have an undercurrent, sometimes a flood-tide of sensuality, Eros and Thanatos, which gives the book a life above and beyond the beautiful words.
—George Spencer, Co-host of ABC No Rio

Mary Orovan was Features Editor of US Camera Magazine, and taught in the Humanities Department at Polytechnic University, Brooklyn, NY.

Her poems have appeared in Avocet, A Journal of Nature Poems, as well as in Amoskeag, The Fourth River, Freshwater, Hidden Oak, Main Channel Voices, 13th Moon and the two peace anthologies, Poetry for Peace (SandStar Publications, 2002) and Echoes from the Heart, edited by Tycho Thal for the Twin Towers Orphan Fund, 2003.

She's pictured here in a favorite spot in Central Park's wild Ramble where she comes to observe the tapestry of life that informs her work.

Start player below to list to Mary Orovans's reading of her poem "Brash" at the Bowery Poetry Club, NYC on New Year's Day 2008. (Originally published in Avocet, A Journal of Nature Poems, Summer, 2008)



Visit the blog of the Greenwich Village Poets to read Mary Orovan's poem "Brash."

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