Charles Wright is an American poet born on August 25, 1935. He is known for his profound depictions of natural landscapes and unique insights into the culture of the American South.
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“Let go, live your life, the grave has no sunny corners”
Source: Scar Tissue: Poems
Source: Black Zodiac
Source: Snake eyes
Source: Littlefoot: A Poem
Source: The World of the Ten Thousand Things: Poems 1980-1990
“How many times can summer turn to fall in one life?”
Source: Negative Blue: Selected Later Poems
“The music of memory has its own pitch,/which not everyone hears.”
Source: Buffalo Yoga: Poems
Source: Negative Blue: Selected Later Poems
“All forms of landscape are autobiographical.”
Source: Negative Blue: Selected Later Poems
“If you want great tranquility/ It's hard work and a long walk”
Source: Negative Blue: Selected Later Poems
“Everyone knows this. The voyage into the interior is all that matters, Whatever your ride.”
Source: Littlefoot: A Poem
“The ache for anything is a thick dust in the heart.”
Source: The World of the Ten Thousand Things: Poems 1980-1990
“November’s a burn and an ache.”
Source: Negative Blue: Selected Later Poems
“How sweet the past is, no matter how wrong, or how sad. How sweet is yesterday's noise”
Source: The World of the Ten Thousand Things: Poems 1980-1990