James Wright Quotes and Sayings - Page 1

“Suddenly I realize That if I stepped out of my body I would break Into blossom.”
-- James Wright

#Body #Realizing #Break
“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.”
-- James Wright

#Blue #Laughing #Tree
“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.”
-- James Wright

#Dark #Wind #Fire
“Look: I am nothing. I do not even have ashes to rub into my eyes.”
-- James Wright

#Eye #Ashes #Looks

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