"The Jewel" (James Wright)

Date March 24, 2008

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“The Jewel”

There is this cave
In the air behind my body
That nobody is going to touch:
A cloister, a silence
Closing around a blossom of fire.
When I stand upright in the wind
My bones turn to dark emeralds.

 

–James Wright
from James Wright: Collected Poems

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