Wright, Franz 2004
We speak of Heaven who have not yet accomplished
even this, the holiness of things
precisely as they are, and never will
– Franz Wright, “Presience”
Broadside of Franz Wright’s poem, “Prescience.”
Listen to Franz Wright’s reading for the Poetry Center of Chicago:
Read this interview with Franz Wright from The New Yorker:
In the Beforelife: Franz Wright
Franz Wright, the author of thirteen books of poetry, talks to The New Yorker’s poetry editor, Alice Quinn, about his new book, his career as a poet, and his relationship with his father, the poet James Wright. Also, three of Wright’s new poems.
Say I had no choice, this weightless finger touched my tongue and told me to, it taught
me; when kinder and more subtle methods failed, it put a gun to my head, a zero
seared coldly in one temple, electrode glued chill to the other
– Franz Wright, “Circle”
Watch Franz Wright read some of his poetry:
