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Charles Wright is an American poet who has been described as one of the best poets of his generation. He was born in 1935 in Tennessee and has authored over 20 books of poetry. He served as the Poet Laureate of the United States beginning in 2014. His work is noted for its personal perspective and his ability to create an immediate connection with his readers.
‘California Dreaming’ by Charles Wright, written in 1983, is a poem about Wright’s departure from Laguna Beach, CA, where he lived for six years. In ‘California Dreaming,’ the poet-speaker describes how Californians are similar to another evolution of people from the East.
We are not born yet, and everything’s crystal under our feet.
We are not brethren, we are not underlings.
We are another nation,
‘Clear Night’ by Charles Wright is about a poet’s thoughts under a clear night sky, suggesting a particular type of life he wants to live.
Clear night, thumb-top of a moon, a back-lit sky.
Moon-fingers lay down their same routine
On the side deck and the threshold, the white keys and the black keys.
‘Reunion’ by Charles Wright is an emotionally charged poem that expresses the author’s personal relationship to his writing. The author views his poetry as a way to make peace with the past.
Already one day has detached itself from all the rest up ahead.
It has my photograph in its soft pocket.
It wants to carry my breath into the past in its bag of wind.
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