David Wright

David Wright's most recent poetry collection is Local Talent (Purple Flag/Virtual Artists Collective, 2019). Over the years, his poems have appeared in 32 Poems, Image, Spoon River Poetry Review, and

Fiat Lux, in Advent

Dec 10, 2020 1 min read Poetry

“ Be light made, and it was made.” — Gen. 1:3, Douay-Rheims Translation But we begin in the most literal dark, our faces not lit, for once, and not blued by the flickers of

[From the Archive] Christmas Crow

Dec 28, 2018 1 min read Poetry

A bird is trapped in my house, a crow, a starling. I do not know birds. And he keeps battering himself against the windows. Then, like any bird in a poem or song,

Christmas Crow

Dec 29, 2016 1 min read Poetry

A bird is trapped in my house, a crow, a starling. I do not know birds. And he keeps battering himself against the windows. Then, like any bird in a poem or song,

Joy to the World and to You, Brother, in the Checkout Lane at Target, Christmas Eve

Dec 18, 2015 1 min read Poetry

Ram my knees with your red plastic cart full of cheap plastic shit and I’ll tell us both of the savior of all human hearts who would rather I didn’t say

Jesus Feeds the 5000 Using Various Cutting Edge Recipes from 1950s Magazines

Jan 9, 2014 1 min read Poetry

So the disciples gorge themselves on honey dipped spam crowned with the many crowns of identical pineapple rings as they jostle for spots on the picnic blanket, and the children spread marshmallow fluff