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JAMES WRIGHT

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Poems found: 318

A BLESSING

A BREATH OF AIR

A CENTENARY ODE: INSCRIBED TO LITTLE CROW, LEADER OF SIOUX REBELLION

A DREAM OF BURIAL

A FINCH SITTING OUT A WINDSTORM

A FIRST DAY IN PARIS

A FLOWER PASSAGE

A GESTURE BY A LADY WITH AN ASSUMED NAME

A LAZY POEM ON SATURDAY EVENING

A LITTLE GIRL ON HER WAY TO SCHOOL

A MAD FIGHT SONG FOR WILLIAM S. CARPENTER, 1966

A NOTE LEFT IN JIMMY LEONARD'S SHACK

A POEM ABOUT GEORGE DOTY IN THE DEATH HOUSE

A POEM BY GARNIE BRAXTON

A POEM WRITTEN UNDER AN ARCHWAY IN A DISCONTINUED RAILROAD STATION

A PRESENTATION OF TWO BIRDS TO MY SON

A SECRET GRATITUDE

A SONG FOR THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT

A WAY TO MAKE A LIVING

A WINTER DAYBREAK ABOVE VENCE

ABOVE SAN FERMO

AGAINST SURREALISM

AMERICAN TWILIGHTS, 1957

AMONG SUNFLOWERS

AN OFFERING FOR MR. BLUEHART

ANGEL

ANGRY MOTHER

APOLLO

ARRANGEMENTS WITH EARTH FOR THREE DEAD FRIENDS

ARRANGEMENTS WITH EARTH FOR THREE DEAD FRIENDS

ARRIVING IN THE COUNTRY AGAIN

AS I STEP OVER A PUDDLE AT THE END OF WINTER, I THINK OF AN ANCIENT...

AS I STEP OVER A PUDDLE AT THE END OF WINTER, I THINK OF AN ANCIENY CHINESE GOVERNOR

ASSIGNATION

AT PEACE WITH THE OCEAN OFF MISQUAMICUT

AT THE END OF SIRMIONE

AT THE EXECUTED MURDERER'S GRAVE

AT THE EXECUTED MURDERER'S GRAVE

AT THE SLACKENING OF THE TIDE

AT THOMAS HARDY'S BIRTHPLACE, 1953

AUBADE AT THE ZAMA REPLACEMENT DEPOT

AUTUMN BEGINS IN MARTINS FERRY, OHIO

AUTUMN BEGINS IN MARTINS FERRY, OHIO

AUTUMNAL

AUTUMNAL

BEAUTIFUL OHIO

BEAUTIFUL OHIO

BEFORE THE CASHIER'S WINDOW IN A DEPARTMENT STORE

BEGINNING

BEGINNING

BEST DAYS

BETWEEN WARS

BLESSING

BREATH OF AIR

BUTTERFLY FISH

BY A LAKE IN MINNESOTA

BY THE RUINS OF A GUN EMPLACEMENT: SAINT-BENOIT

CAMOMILA

CAPRICE

CENTENARY ODE: INSCRIBED TO LITTLE CROW, LEADER OF SIOUX REBELLION

CHILBLAIN

COME, LOOK QUIETLY

COME, LOOK QUIETLY

COMING HOME TO MAUI

COMPLAINT

COMPLAINT

CONFESSION TO J. EDGAR HOOVER

CONFESSION TO J. EDGAR HOOVER

CONTEMPLATING THE FRONT STEPS OF THE CATHEDRAL IN FLORENCE

CONTRADICTORY EXISTENCE

DARK MOOR BIRD

DAWN NEAR AN OLD BATTLEFIELD, IN A TIME OF PEACE

DEPRESSED BY A BOOK OF BAD POETRY, I WALK ...

DEPRESSED BY A BOOK OF BAD POETRY, I WALK TOWARD AN UNUSED PASTURE AND INVITE THE INSECTS TO JOIN ME

DISCOVERIES IN ARIZONA

DOG IN A CORNFIELD

DOG IN A CORNFIELD

DOORS

DREAM OF BURIAL

EISENHOWER'S VISIT OF FRANCO, 1959

EISENHOWER'S VISIT OF FRANCO, 1959

EISENHOWER'S VISIT TO FRANCO, 1959

ENTERING THE KINGDOM OF THE MORAY EEL

ENTERING THE TEMPLE IN NIMES

EVENING

FEAR IS WHAT QUICKENS ME

FEAR IS WHAT QUICKENS ME

FINCH SITTING OUT A WINDSTORM

FIRST DAYS

FISHING SONG

FLOWER PASSAGE

FLYING EAGLES OF TROOP 62

FOR THE MARSH'S BIRTHDAY

FOX AT EYPE

FRESH WIND IN VENICE

FROM A BUS WINDOW IN CENTRAL OHIO, JUST BEFORE A THUNDER SHOWER

FRUITS OF THE SEASON

FRUITS OF THE SEASON

GESTURE BY A LADY WITH AN ASSUMED NAME

GHOST

GOODBYE TO THE POETRY OF CALCIUM

GOODBYE TO THE POETRY OF CALCIUM

GREETINGS IN NEW YORK CITY

HAIKU: 10

HAIKU: 11

HAIKU: 12

HAIKU: 13

HAIKU: 14

HAIKU: 17

HAIKU: 9

HAVING LOST MY SONS, I CONFRONT THE WRECKAGE OF THE MOON

HELL

HONEY

HONEY

HOOK

HOOK

HORSE

HOTEL LENOX

HOTEL LENOX

I CANNOT WRITE. THE WORDS NO LONGER FLOW

ICE HOUSE

IN A FIELD NEAR METAPONTO

IN DEFENSE OF LATE SUMMER

IN EXILE

IN GALLIPOLI

IN MEMORY OF A SPANISH POET

IN MEMORY OF A SPANISH POET

IN MEMORY OF LEOPARDI

IN MEMORY OF MAYOR RICHARD DALEY

IN MEMORY OF MAYOR RICHARD DALEY

IN MEMORY OF THE OTTOMANS

IN RESPONSE TO RUMOR THAT OLDEST WHOREHOUSE IN WHEELING, WV, CONDEMNED

IN RESPONSE TO RUMOR THAT OLDEST WHOREHOUSE IN WHEELING, WV, CONDEMNED

IN THE COLD HOUSE

IN VIEW OF THE PROTESTANT CEMETERY IN ROME

INSCRIPTION FOR THE TANK

JEROME IN SOLITUDE

JEWEL

JOURNEY

LAME APOLLO

LAMENT FOR THE SHADOWS IN THE DITCHES

LAMENT: FISHING WITH RICHARD HUGO

LAST NOVEMBER IN A FIELD

LAST PIETA, IN FLORENCE

LEAVE HIM ALONE

LEAVE HIM ALONE

LEAVING THE TEMPLE IN NIMES

LIFE

LIGHTING A CANDLE FOR W.H. AUDEN

LIGHTNING BUGS ASLEEP IN THE AFTERNOON

LIMPET IN OTRANTO

LITTLE MARBLE BOY

LITTLE MARBLE BOY

LIVING BY THE RED RIVER

LOVE IN A WARM ROOM IN WINTER

LYING IN A HAMMOCK AT WILLIAM DUFFY'S FARM IN PINE ISLAND, MINNESOTA

LYING IN A HAMMOCK AT WILLIAM DUFFY'S FARM IN PINE ISLAND, MINNESOTA

MAD FIGHT SONG FOR WILLIAM S. CARPENTER, 1966

MARCH

MARY BLY

MAY MORNING

MICROMUTATIONS

MILKWEED

MILKWEED

MINERS

MINNEAPOLIS POEM

MOORHEN AND HER EIGHT YOUNG

MORAL POEM FREELY ACCEPTED FROM SAPPHO

MOUSE TAKING A NAP

MUTTERINGS OVER THE CRIB OF A DEAF CHILD

MUTTERINGS OVER THE CRIB OF A DEAF CHILD

MY GRANDMOTHER'S GHOST

MY GRANDMOTHER'S GHOST

MY NOTEBOOK

NAMES IN MONTERCHI: TO RACHEL

NEAR MANSFIELD, OHIO

NERUDA

NORTHERN PIKE

NOTE LEFT IN JIMMY LEONARD'S SHACK

NOTES OF A PASTORALIST

OHIOAN PASTORAL

OLD BUD

OLD DOG IN THE RUINS OF THE GRAVES AT ARLES

OLD MAN DRUNK

ON A PHRASE FROM SOUTHERN OHIO

ON HAVING MY POCKET PICKED IN ROME

ON THE SKELETON OF A HOUND

ON THE SKELETON OF A HOUND

ONE LAST LOOT AT THE ADIGE: VERONA IN THE RAIN

OUTSIDE FARGO, NORTH DAKOTA

OUTSIDE FARGO, NORTH DAKOTA

OVER THGE COFFIN

PAUL

PETITION TO THE TERNS

PICCOLINI

POEM

POEM BY GARNIE BRAXTON

POEM OF TOWERS

POEM ON A TRIP TO OHIO

POEM WRITTEN UNDER AN ARCHWAY IN A DISCONTINUED RAILROAD STATION

POEMS TO A BROWN CRICKET

POEMS TO A BROWN CRICKET

PRAYER FOR A YOUNG WIFE

PRAYER TO ESCAPE FROM THE MARKET PLACE

PRESENTATION OF TWO BIRDS TO MY SON

PRIVATE MEETING PLACE

QUEST

RAIN

RAINBOW ON GARDA

READING A 1979 INSCRIPTION ON BELLI'S MONUMENT

RED JACKET'S GRAVE

REDWINGS

REGRET FOR A SPIDER WEB

REPLY TO MATTHEW ARNOLD ON MY FIFTH DAY IN FANO

RIP

SAINT JUDAS

SAINT JUDAS

SAPPHO

SECRET GRATITUDE

SECRET OF LIGHT

SHEEP IN THE RAIN

SILENT ANGEL

SIMON

SITTING IN A SMALL SCREENHOUSE ON A SUMMER MORNING

SMALL FROGS KILLED ON THE HIGHWAY

SMALL FROGS KILLED ON THE HIGHWAY

SMALL GROVE IN TORRI DEL BENACO

SMALL WILD CRABS DELIGHTING ON BLACK SAND

SNOWFALL: A POEM ABOUT SPRING

SOME PLACES IN AMERICA ARE ANONYMOUS

SON OF JUDAS

SONNET: ON MY VIOLENT APPROVAL OF ROBERT SERVICE

SONNET: RESPONSE

SPEAK

STAGES ON A JOURNEY WESTWARD

STAGES ON A JOURNEY WESTWARD

SUMAC IN OHIO

TARANTO

THE FIRST DAYS

THE FLYING EAGLES OF TROOP 62

THE FRUITS OF THE SEASON

THE GHOST

THE ICE HOUSE

THE JEWEL

THE JOURNEY

THE MINNEAPOLIS POEM

THE OLD DOG IN THE RUINS OF THE GRAVES AT ARLES

THE SECRET OF LIGHT

THE WHEELING GOSPEL TABERNACLE

THIS AND THAT

THREE SENTENCES FOR A DEAD SWAN

TIME

TO A BLOSSOMING PEAR TREE

TO A BLOSSOMING PEAR TREE

TO A DEFEATED SAVIOUR

TO A FUGITIVE

TO A SALESGIRL, WEARY OF ARTIFICIAL HOLIDAY TREES

TO A TROUBLED FRIEND

TO CAROLEE COOMBS-STACY, WHO SET MY VERSES TO MUSIC

TO CAROLEE COOMBS-STACY, WHO SET MY VERSES TO MUSIC

TO CRITICS, AND TO HELL WITH THEM

TO CRITICS, AND TO HELL WITH THEM

TO FLOOD STAGE AGAIN

TO HARVEY, WHO TRACED THE CIRCULATION

TO JUSTIFY MY SINGING

TO THE ADRIATIC WIND, BECALMED

TO THE CICADA

TO THE EVENING STAR: CENTRAL MINNESOTA

TO THE GHOST OF A KITE

TO THE MUSE

TO THE MUSE

TO THE MUSE

TO THE SAGUARO CACTUS TREE IN THE DESERT RAIN

TO THE SAGUARO CACTUS TREE IN THE DESERT RAIN

TO THE SILVER SWORD SHINING ON THE EDGE OF THE CRATER

TODAY I WAS SO HAPPY, SO I MADE THIS POEM

TRUE VOICE

TRYING TO PRAY

TURTLE OVERNIGHT

TWILIGHTS

TWO HORSES PLAYING IN THE ORCHARD

TWO HORSES PLAYING IN THE ORCHARD

TWO MOMENTS IN ROME, SELS.

TWO MOMENTS IN VENICE: 1. UNDER THE CANALS

TWO MOMENTS IN VENICE: 1. UNDER THE CANALS

TWO MOMENTS IN VENICE: 2. CITY OF EVENINGS

TWO MOMENTS IN VENICE: 2. CITY OF EVENINGS

TWO POEMS ABOUT PRESIDENT HARDING: 1. HIS DEATH

TWO POEMS ABOUT PRESIDENT HARDING: 2. HIS TOMB IN OHIO

TWO POSTURES BESIDE A FIRE: 1

TWO POSTURES BESIDE A FIRE: 2

VAIN ADVICE AT YEAR'S END

VARIATIONS: THE AIR IS SWEETEST THAT A THISTLE GUARDS

VENICE

VESTAL IN THE FORUM

WHAT DOES THE BOBWHITE MEAN?

WHAT DOES THE KING OF THE JUNGLE TRULY DO?

WHAT THE EARTH ASKED ME

WHEELING GOSPEL TABERNACLE

WHEREVER HOME IS

WILLY LYONS

WINTER DAYBREAK ABOVE VENCE

WINTER, BASSANO DEL GRAPPA

WITH A SLIVER OF MARBLE FROM CARRARA

WITH A SLIVER OF MARBLE FROM CARRARA

WITH THE GIFT OF A FRESH NEW NOTEBOOK I FOUND IN FLORENCE

WITH THE GIFT OF AN ALABASTER TORTOISE

WITH THE SHELL OF A HERMIT CRAB

WITH THE SHELL OF A HERMIT CRAB

WRITTEN IN A COPY OF SWIFT'S POEMS, FOR WAYNE BURNS

WRITTEN ON A BIG CHEAP POSTCARD FROM VERONA

YES, BUT

YOU AND I SAW HAWKS EXCHANGING THE PREY

YOUNG DON'T WANT TO BE BORN

YOUNG WOMEN AT CHARTRES

YOUR NAME IN AREZZO

YOUTH

YOUTH



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