James Wright

James Wright was born in the industrial town of Martins Ferry, Ohio on December 13, 1927. His father worked at a glass factory for fifty years and his mother worked at a laundry facility. Neither of his parents had

Small Frogs Killed on the Highway

by James Wright (1927–80)

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 Still, 
 I would leap too 
 Into the light, 
 If I had the chance. 
 It is everything, the wet green stalk of the field 
 On the other side of the road. 
 They crouch there, too, faltering in terror 
 And take strange wing. Many 
 Of the dead never moved, but many 

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