C. D. Wright
Bio
Steal Away
Rosesucker Retablo #2
Floating Lady Retablo #3
The Secret Life of Musical Instruments
Blazes
Lapse
Scratch Music
Our Dust
Living
Approximately Forever
And It Came to Pass
One Big Self
Count your fingers
Count heads
In the Mansion of Happiness
If I were you
Beinvenu en Louisiane
My Dear Conflicted Reader
On the road to Angola
On the road to St. Gabriel
On Privacy
On the Lessening of Free-World Ties
My Dear Affluent Reader
Prepare to exit the forest of men and women
Dear Dying Town
Dialing Dungeons for Dollars
Modern Times
Black is the Color
Wednesdays we're important for faith
Why has the field line started so late
Dear Unbidden, Unbred
Mack trapped a spider
Dear night dear shade dear executioner
Dear Prisoner
Poster, women’s prison
Amaranthus
Count your notches
Lake Providence
Dostoyevsky’s epilepsy worsened after the mock execution
New Town
Artifact
First Memory
For whatever its worth
Count the days of summer ahead
Why, good morning Miss Toliver, how are you
Le ciel est, par-dessus le toit
Come on down
Leaving St. Gabriel
Why does it take so goddamn long
And you, only a number.
Just Another Day
Body Language
Day is long
Dear Child of God
Lines of Defense
Count her bruises and contusions
Friend. Did you happen to violate the law
After the Housefire
Weapon of Opportunity
The Eye Moved
Enters a silence that never reverses itself
Dear Errant Kid
Dear Damned Doomed and Forgotten
Dear Fugitive
Dear Virtual Lifer
Your Honor
NO ONE NO BODY IS BAD FOR EVER
Vocalist - Meryl Natchez - Steal Away Dawn McGuire - One Big Self
Poem Sources: Steal Away & One Big Self - Copper Canyon Press - 2003
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