James Wright
James Wright
Pulitzer Prize-winning poet whose best-known works include The Branch Will Not Break and Two Citizens. His work was associated with the Deep Image poetry movement.
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth13 December 1927
CityMartins Ferry, OH
want finance brands
They can buy whatever brand they want. We will supply the finance.
animal water mosquitoes
Most of the pollution in the water already is dead animal and plant matter and building debris, ... good stagnant nursery for mosquitoes.
hands practice hygiene
Practice good personal hygiene. Wash your hands before you eat. Be aware of good clean water and food sources.
struggle book writing
I write abundantly. And then my next step is to struggle to reduce the ornament, to reduce the abundance-to prune the book, in other words, the way one prunes a tree-so it can grow. This is my idea of a book.
eye thinking water
I close my eyes, and think of water.
morning passion years
In life, you gotta do something. And the medical journals keep on saying if you've got a goal or some passion in life, you'll outlive all the other guys who - the bank manager that retired. They gave him a rocking chair and he rocked himself to death. So you gotta have a passion, whatever it happens to be. Whether it's this or something else, it doesn't matter, as long as it's a reason to get out of bed every morning, as my accountant of 50 years keeps on saying.
blue laughing tree
In a pine tree,/ A few yards from my window sill,/ A brilliant blue jay is springing up and down, up and/ down./ On a branch./ I laugh, as I see him abandon himself/ To entire delight, for he knows as well as I do/ That the branch will not break.
long alive endure
Poetry can keep life itself alive. You can endure almost anything as long as you can sing about it.
body realizing break
Suddenly I realize That if I stepped out of my body I would break Into blossom.
area explore heard hope horse obstacles pattern traffic trailers walk
I heard there was nothing but horse trailers here before for years. We've got two obstacles to overcome. The traffic pattern is not ingrained, the way they walk around here. I hope they want to come and explore the new area and see.
education facility needs students supports
(Ike) needs a facility that supports the education our students deserve.
dressing effort great hard past played players remember room
I told the players in the dressing room (after the game) to look past this, and remember what we had accomplished this season. I thought we played hard ... we didn't play great ... but they showed a lot of effort and heart.
baby boomers buying dream good homes inherited people piece places trophy wealth
The baby boomers are out there, they've had a lot of good years of earnings, they've inherited wealth. They are buying trophy homes and will be for years. We are one of those places people dream of. They come here to buy a piece of that dream.
district fine
It's fine because after the first district game, we still have things to correct.