“I Shall Be Released”
Charles Wright
There is a consolation beyond nomenclature
of what is past
Or is about to pass, though I don’t know what it is.
But someone, somewhere, must, and this is addressed to him.
 About Charles Wright Charles Wright’s many awards include the Pulitzer Prize, a National Book Award, and a National Book Critics Circle Award. His most recent books are Littlefoot (FSG, 2007) and Scar Tissue (FSG, 2006), and he will be the guest editor of the 2008 edition of The Best American Poetry. He is the Souder Family Professor of English at the University of Virginia. Also In VQR |
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