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
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.
eye thinking water
I close my eyes, and think of water.
dark air wind
There is this cave In the air behind my body That nobody is going to touch: A cloister, a silence Closing around a blossom of fire. When I stand upright in the wind, My bones turn to dark emeralds.
eye ashes looks
Look: I am nothing. I do not even have ashes to rub into my eyes.
lying islands minnesota
Lying in a Hammock at William Duffy’s Farm in Pine Island, Minnesota
depth fine resonance
It goes without saying that a fine short poem can have the resonance and depth of an entire novel.
team said best-team
I asked the Mesquite coach who he thought the best team in Mesquite is. He said they were about even.
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.
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.
beaten coming couple earlier knew playing tournament wins
We had beaten Whitehouse earlier 5-0, but I knew it could be different this time. They were coming off a couple of wins in this tournament and were playing pretty well, I thought.
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.