F Poems

Name: F Poems
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ISBN: 9780307701589

ISBN-10: 0307701581

ISBN-13: 9780307701589

Edition: N/A

Authors: Franz Wright

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From the Pulitzer Prize-winning poet, a haunting collection of poems, graced by his dark humor and wit as he comes closer to the end of his writing life.In these riveting poems, Wright declares, "I've said all that / I had to say. / In writing. / I signed my name. / It's death's move." As he faces cancer, the poet finds a new elation and clarity on the page, handing over for our examination the ruinously flawed yet kneeling-in-gratitude self he has become. "F" stands both for Franz, the poet/persona who represents all of us on our baffling lifelong journeys, and for the alphabet, the beautiful utility of our symbols. From "Entries of the Cell," the long central poem that details the…

Book details

List price: $31.00
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication date: 8/27/2013
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 96
Size: 6.00" wide x 8.75" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.594
Language: English

Franz Wright lives in Waltham, Massachusetts.



Four in the Morning



Elderly Couple


Through


Leave Me Hidden


I Dreamed I Met William Burroughs


Roadside Grave: Winter, Mass


Fatalville, Ark


Homecoming


The Composer


Stay


Four Semi-Dreamt Poems


Whispered Ceremony


Postcard 2


Lamp


One


Crumpled-Up Note Blowing Away



Entries of the Cell



Dedication


Learning to Read


Panhandler


Rose Opening


Medicine Cabinet


Spell


Home Sought


Recurring Awakening


To


Dawn Moon Over Calvary


Screamed Lullaby


Peach Tree


The Party at the End


Rain in Waltham


Nativity


Three Basho Haibun


The Poem


Notes and Acknowledgments