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Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality downloads of Covers Vol. 1, Live at The Sound Castle, Bermuda 2016 Vault LP, I Am In It, Vol. 1 (Live at The Sound Castle) LP, spoken word recordings, vol.1 – selections from I Am In It: a collection of poems LP, I Might Not See You This Christmas [SINGLE], I Am In It, Vol. 1 LP, and Be Nice Be Sad Be Free EP.
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I Saw A Bug
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I saw a small little purple tiny six legged antenna sporting bug
Near the bottom of the frame I didn't see it earlier
And now it's crawling right up into my eye
I laugh because it's tickling my interest
It's particularly interesting with a bit of mustard on the side
I smile wide-eyed while the sun warms me up
My ears my toes still cold
From walking down the street earlier
I stepped in snow
I needed coffee just to warm up my fingers
Oh my that got off track
Oh well
Now I'm back to thinking of the things I didn't see or stop to contemplate before
I'm glad I took a minute
Kept a locked eye
Paused then I jumped right in it
But that bug keeps on
Pulling on me and my eyelids
My eyes feel heavy
I try to let go
I am letting go
But hooks are stuck in me
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Epitaph
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Please do not dwell over my dead body
I see you cry over me
I see you notice I am not there
I am not there nor was my body ever me
Look inside to see me
Feel me in the soft summer breeze that sends a strand of hair across your face
Hear me in the songbird's whistle that steals your attention
Smell me in the skin of the newborn baby you hold closely to your cheek
Taste me in the salt of your joyful tears
I am with you
I have not left you
I have not left anything but my dead body
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Call It What You Want
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Call it what you want
But I can see it in everything
I see it in the lingering sun
Holding on to the last few bits of light
Before diving into the depths of darkness
I see it in the ants
As they tiptoe around the peony
Ah an abundance of life
Enjoying the silky matte tunnels and valleys its home provides
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June
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Get To The Point!
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Get to the point
Get to the point
Say it succinctly
Easy to digest
Say it concisely
Just give me the gist
But what if the point is to say it artistically
Are we missing the point
Now that we need it instantly
We communicate mindlessly limiting characters for simplification
Training impatience limits beauty in language
Ease of communication
Valued over vocabulary and original thought
Get to the point
Get to the point
There is no time for
Fluffy
Artsy fartsy
Hippy dippy
Bullshit
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Circles
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I can sit and draw circles for hours
Like there is nothing else to do
There is nothing else to do
Or worry about except for this circle
And how much I enjoy drawing it
I can sit and draw circles for hours
Like there is nothing else to do
There is nothing else to do
Or worry about except for this circle
And how much I enjoy drawing it
I can sit and draw circles for hours
Like there is nothing else to do
There is nothing else to do
Or worry about except for this circle
And how much I enjoy drawing it
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I Like The Sound Of It
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Appreciation
I like the sound of it
Shh
Be quiet
Slow down
Show appreciation
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Three Crows
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Three crows
Put on a show for me
While I rest on a hammock
The sky is empty
Six sable wings strong
Against the pale blue mirage
The wind moves them
I hear the youngest
Crow cry out in joy
They enjoy flying
It is their way of life
It is how they move
Why do humans walk in such boring ways?
Watch out for me on the sidewalk
I am going to dance
And put on a show for three crows
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I Am In It
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I am in it
I am it
It is I
It I am
In it I am
I am in it
I am it
It is I
It I am
In it I am
I am in it
I am it
It is I
It I am
In it I am
I am in it
I am it
It is I
It I am
In it I am
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Red Lips Draw
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Today is February fourteenth
Valentine's Day
Twenty twenty
This poem is called Red Lips Draw
Red lips draw
Stick on to
You the red lips stick on
To you do
You like my lips
Of red do you read
My lips I read
Your lips of red
Ask me I smiled
My lips smiled
My pink lips your red lips
My pink lips touch your
Red lips
Pink on red
Pink to red
Red on red lips
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Lead A Crow To My Face
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Oh nature
If I ever stop appreciating you
Or stop respecting you
Please
Strike me with lightning
Knock me out with a meteor
Freeze me until my lungs turn to ice
Soak me to my core
Force me to lumber in an afternoon sun bath and awaken with blistered skin
Oh nature
Lead a crow to my face and let it angrily peck out my useless eyes
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Blue
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I love blue
Blue love I
I am blue
Blue am I
I have blue eyes
Eyes of blue have I
I wear blue pants
A blue hat and
A blue coat under a blue sky
The more I write the word
Blue
The stranger it looks
Blue, blue, blue, blue, blue
Blue
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Bed of Ferns
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Bed of ferns
A tropical view in the boreal depths of Saskatchewan
A bed for a giant
Sun tinted
Citrus green fluorescence
A deep thin shallow river cuts through a wild bed of ferns
Serenity
I stand over the soft music of the waterfall
Miniature to me I feel like the giant
The soft cool morning breeze moves you
Are you waving to me
A morning salute or
A mutual acknowledgement
Wild fern
I yearn for you
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Greg Orrē Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
I AM IN IT
Greg Orrē (pronounced: gregory) is an artist who expresses his creativity
through songwriting, poetry, visual art, video and design. As the former lead singer of Too Soon Monsoon, Greg has released 1 LP and 3 EPs. Greg Orrē will share the remainder of the I Am In It project throughout 2022 and 2023.
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Greg Orrē recommends:
Waves: We Provide What We Absorb, We Absorb What We Provide LP
by Too Soon Monsoon
Waves: we provide what we absorb, we absorb what we provide FULL LENGTH LP (May 2019) Side Effects EP (Oct 2017) Little Fire EP (July 2017)
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