Author Archives: Greg Wright

Hang it All

Wake up, wake up O Jerusalem For you shall drink the cup of God’s fury You shall drain the cask of terror Tipping out its very last bitter dregs

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Long Suffering

The kingdom of heaven is like a healer Who went out early in the morning Seeking those in need of aid

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II Hezekiah

Who will hear these lessons from the past? Who will acknowledge the ruin that awaits?

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Summer Sneakers

David Martin was the only neighborhood friend I ever had. There had been Randy Luna, of course, who had lived briefly in the corner house with all the prune trees, the house a block east on 160th Street that my folks … Continue reading

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From Small Things

Tukwila was never Mayberry RFD. The student body at Foster High School was never made up of Opie Taylor, Dobie Gillis, Veronica Lodge, Wally Cleaver, Richie Cunningham, Winnie Cooper and Marcia Brady. The demographics were a lot rougher than that. … Continue reading

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Supporting Cast

There’s an interesting tale about the guiding principle behind my view of existence: that there is a Power in this Universe which is able to do immeasurably more than all we could possibly ask or imagine. And I’ll be telling … Continue reading

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mistaken

his, no ordinary life gaze on him too long—he vanishes like a star he lives the truth, lives it slant

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Prologue

Whether I shall turn out to be the hero of my own life, or whether that station will be held by anybody else, these pages must show. Oh, God! Do I really want to invoke David Copperfield? Well, yes.

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What Happens Next

He stands before the tomb And he weeps

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Ink Blots

Somewhere in a pearlescent pool hell an angel sports tats on its wings Surely there is encouragement in being desperately human

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