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> [“The Orphic Machine is the poem: A severed head with face turned away that sings.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/allen-grossman/the-orphic-machine-is-the-poem-a-severed-head-with-face-turned-away/)

[Allen Grossman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/allen-grossman/)

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## More by Allen Grossman

> [“Poetry is a principle of power invoked by all of us against our vanishing.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/allen-grossman/poetry-is-a-principle-of-power-invoked-by-all-of-us-against-our/)

[Allen Grossman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/allen-grossman/)

> [Do not be content with an imaginary god.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/allen-grossman/do-not-be-content-with-an-imaginary-god/)

[Allen Grossman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/allen-grossman/)

> [“The Orphic Machine is the poem: A severed head with face turned away that sings.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/allen-grossman/the-orphic-machine-is-the-poem-a-severed-head-with-face-turned-away/)

[Allen Grossman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/allen-grossman/)

> [If not every one of these people, who were never perfect, is worthy of our love, at least their fate deserves our attention and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/allen-grossman/if-not-every-one-of-these-people-who-were-never-perfect-is-worthy-of/)

[Allen Grossman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/allen-grossman/)

> [“When I was green and blossomed in the Spring I was mute wood. Now I am dead I sing.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/allen-grossman/when-i-was-green-and-blossomed-in-the-spring-i-was-mute-wood-now-i-am/)

[Allen Grossman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/allen-grossman/)

> [“Behold, I send the demon I know to relieve your need, An imperfect player at the perfect instrument Who takes in hand The Regulator…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/allen-grossman/behold-i-send-the-demon-i-know-to-relieve-your-need-an-imperfect/)

[Allen Grossman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/allen-grossman/)

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