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  • A Liturgy for Stones
    (2003)
  • Lines from the Provinces
    (2000)

A Liturgy for Stones

"In A Liturgy for Stones, David Wright has come upon a rich and enriching vein whereby our daily narratives may be seen to partake of the greater story, our many comedies and tragedies to partake of the One." —Scott Cairns, author of Philokalia: New & Selected Poems

"David Wright's poems are alive with music and motion. His voice in A Liturgy for Stones finds daring pitches and a force of rhythm, disrupting our comfort zones. . . These beautiful and lucid poems call us to unlock our own tongues and to sing what is true."—Jean Janzen, author of Tasting the Dust

"The stones do speak when properly addressed in that curious mixture of wonder and praise that we call poetry. " —Dan Guillory, author of The Alligator Inventions



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Lines from the Provinces

"Vivid, urgent poems . . . his voice rings out, modest but stubborn, gentle but keen, funny but quite serious, and always alert for the secrets to be found in such canny, lyrical explorations of the provinces. --Jeff Gundy, author of Scattering Point and Rhapsody with Dark Mattter

"These poems are haunting and beautifully crafted." Alison Gresik, author of Brick and Mortar

"You have no suspicion what word comes next. Ever. You have no bohemian preciousness. You have no whining. You have the eye of a great, great reporter. You have a spirituality that is strong, bold and ever hopeful.You have constant right crosses to the chin, especially in the last line of every poem. You get a powerful, powerful sense of place."—John Kilroy, author of Torque

"He is fighting to keep his art from being contained, while still living, as we all must, in the real world . . . David Wright's work is quality craftsmanship. I highly recommend it." —David Bishop, Decatur Magazine


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