Category Archives: Poetry

Eulogy

Posted on May 18, 2017 by Greg Wright

This is the house that Jack built At the end of a long drive It stands apart from its neighbors At home with its solitude And its singularity

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Tollers’ Wisdom

Posted on April 13, 2017 by Greg Wright

Once upon a time Artur Rubenstein sat before a Steinway Or a debauched Bechstein

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Hike-ku

Posted on September 5, 2016 by Greg Wright

sleeping on the ground is more relaxing—and safe— when the ground sleeps, too

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Jim Bridger’s Lament

Posted on March 21, 2016 by Greg Wright

I can see it all very clearly

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Epilogue: Hell or High Water

Posted on January 1, 2016 by Greg Wright

I choose the voyage prepared
The course set in the presence of my enemies
Yes, I choose the Master’s craft Continue reading →

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In Tongues Unknown

Posted on December 18, 2015 by Greg Wright

In Hebrew we have three words for sin

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I.t I.s I

Posted on December 1, 2015 by Greg Wright

Words are not The only things To fail at times Such as these

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The Shoes of a Fisherman

Posted on November 30, 2015 by Greg Wright

I rise each day with anger Gird my loins with her, bathe with her, and bed her down I dare not give her to God

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Not Taken

Posted on October 12, 2015 by Greg Wright

A housecat writhes On my laptop as I write Its tongue reels out Again, and again As its head bobs over its coat

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Truth to Power

Posted on September 25, 2015 by Greg Wright

(for John Boehner) I wait at the gate as they talk. Yentas have nothing on scribes and rabbis Prating endlessly about petty details.

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