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"Her mane falls wild on her forehead,
And the light breeze moves me to caress her long ear
That is delicate as the skin over a girl's wrist.
Suddenly I realize
That if I stepped out of my body I would break
Into blossom."
James Wright (1927-1980), U.S. poet. A Blessing (l. 19-24). . .
Norton Anthology of Modern Poetry, The. Richard Ellmann and Robert O'Clair, eds. (2d ed., 1988) W. W. Norton & Company. |
"All the proud fathers are ashamed to go home.
Their women cluck like starved pullets,
Dying for love."
James Wright (1927-1980), U.S. poet. Autumn Begins in Martins Ferry, Ohio (l. 6-8). . .
Norton Anthology of Modern Poetry, The. Richard Ellmann and Robert O'Clair, eds. (2d ed., 1988) W. W. Norton & Company. |
"And nobody would commit suicide, only
To find beyond death
Bridgeport, Ohio."
James Wright (1927-1980), U.S. poet. In Response to a Rumor That the Oldest Whorehouse in Wheeling, West Virginia, Has Been Condemned (l. 22-24). . .
Norton Anthology of Modern Poetry, The. Richard Ellmann and Robert O'Clair, eds. (2d ed., 1988) W. W. Norton & Company. |
"I lean back, as the evening darkens and comes on.
A chicken hawk floats over, looking for home.
I have wasted my life."
James Wright (1927-1980), U.S. poet. Lying on a Hammock at William Duffy's Farm in Pine Island, Minnesota (l. 11-13). . .
New Oxford Book of American Verse, The. Richard Ellmann, ed. (1976) Oxford University Press. |
"Whatever it was I lost, whatever I wept for
Was a wild, gentle thing, the small dark eyes
Loving me in secret.
It is here. At a touch of my hand,
The air fills with delicate creatures
From the other world."
James Wright (1927-1980), U.S. poet. Milkweed (l. 7-12). . .
New Oxford Book of American Verse, The. Richard Ellmann, ed. (1976) Oxford University Press. |
"Come down. Come down. Why dost
Thou hide thy face?"
James Wright (1927-1980), U.S. poet. Speak (l. 39-40). . .
Western Wind; an Introduction to Poetry. John Frederick Nims, ed. (2d ed., 1983) Random House. |
"I have gone forward with
Some, a few lonely some.
They have fallen to death.
I die with them."
James Wright (1927-1980), U.S. poet. Speak (l. 33-36). . .
Western Wind; an Introduction to Poetry. John Frederick Nims, ed. (2d ed., 1983) Random House. |
"To speak in a flat voice
Is all that I can do."
James Wright (1927-1980), U.S. poet. Speak (l. 1-2). . .
Western Wind; an Introduction to Poetry. John Frederick Nims, ed. (2d ed., 1983) Random House. |
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