Comments on: April 23: Franz Wright’s “Rooms”

By: Pam Galloway

Pam Galloway — Sun, 24 Apr 2011 21:10:31 +0000

Birth to death in 9 lines. So poignant, so brilliant.

By: christopher

christopher — Sat, 23 Apr 2011 17:24:21 +0000

Franz Wright’s poetry reminds me that it’s important to take the time to pay attention. If I do I find worlds within worlds that are not the worlds I leave from or return to.

By: Sharon Smith

Sharon Smith — Sat, 23 Apr 2011 15:12:14 +0000

I value Franz Wright’s work above all others writing poetry today and recommend to everyone his WALKING TO MARTHA’S VINEYARD and GOD’S SILENCE. (Also WHEELING MOTEL.)

By: Melvin Rosenberg

Melvin Rosenberg — Sat, 23 Apr 2011 13:02:26 +0000

One could, with a little prompting, wax rhapsodic in praise of the (almost) lost art of brevity. Centuries later, this poem is an enticing continuation of the Shakespeherian sonnet; what oft was thought but ne’er so well expressed. ‘Nuff said.