Category Archives: Poetry

Jim Bridger’s Lament

Posted on 03/21/2016 by Greg Wright

I can see it all very clearly:        I am on my knees        in a field of grain.

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Epilogue: Hell or High Water

Posted on 01/01/2016 by Greg Wright

I choose the voyage prepared
The course set in the presence of my enemies
Yes, I choose the Master’s craft Continue reading →

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In Tongues Unknown

Posted on 12/18/2015 by Greg Wright

In Hebrew we have three words for sin

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I.t I.s I

Posted on 12/01/2015 by Greg Wright

Words are not The only things To fail at times Such as these

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The Shoes of a Fisherman

Posted on 11/30/2015 by Greg Wright

I rise each day with anger Gird my loins with her, bathe with her, and bed her down I dare not give her to God

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Not Taken

Posted on 10/12/2015 by Greg Wright

A housecat writhes On my laptop as I write Its tongue reels out Again, and again As its head bobs over its coat

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Truth to Power

Posted on 09/25/2015 by Greg Wright

(for John Boehner) I wait at the gate as they talk. Yentas have nothing on scribes and rabbis Prating endlessly about petty details.

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exit us

Posted on 08/08/2015 by Greg Wright

Then God’s Chosen People set out From “The Land of the Free” And “The Home of the Brave” And found themselves in the Wilderness of Sin. They set out on June 26, 2015.

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I Don’t Want to Go to Jerusalem: A Song of Cowardice

Posted on 07/16/2015 by Greg Wright

I don’t want my temples cleansed I know what that means I don’t want to rock the boat, Bite the hand that feeds my bloat I don’t want to make a scene, Dare to take a stand– Say out loud … Continue reading →

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Bound for Glory

Posted on 07/12/2015 by Greg Wright

Lift up your heads, O ye gates! Be lifted up, ye ancient doors For the King of Glory is coming in! Who is this king, the King of Glory? The Lord, strong and mighty, The Lord, mighty in battle!

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