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30 Years Between Letters, by Kirby Wright

Kirby Wright

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30 Years Between Letters

Words from an old flame
Sunrise the past

The time of immortality
When the future

Was not reduced
But expansive as ocean

At sunset
Where you embraced

In a green flash
You would never see again

And believed in fire
Beyond the sea of shadows.

Kirby Wright

Kirby Wright's third play, Rag of Man, was performed at the Manhattan Repertory Theatre on February 22nd, 2017. His first screenplay is a Semi-Finalist in the 2017 Los Angeles CineFest Film Festival. He is working on a hybrid form between the screenplay and the stage play.

Author: Kirby Wright Tags: iu, poetry Category: Poetry January 21, 2013

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