--- title: "4 Bruce Weigl Quotes - Famous Poet (Writing between the lines)" description: "Bruce Weigl is an American contemporary poet whose work engages profoundly with experience of both Americans and Vietnamese during and after the Vietnam..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b006/author-duncan-green-20105.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Bruce Weigl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b006/author-duncan-green-20105.jpg) # Bruce Weigl (1949) Poet **4** quotes in **18** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Bruce Weigl is a poet, best known for *Writing between the lines*. ## Quick Facts About Bruce Weigl Born January 27, 1949 Profession Poet Notable works Writing between the lines ## About Bruce Weigl Bruce Weigl is an American contemporary poet whose work engages profoundly with experience of both Americans and Vietnamese during and after the Vietnam war. ## Quotes by Bruce Weigl > [“For the Wife Beater's Wife With blue irises her face is blossomed. Blue Circling to yellow, circling to brown on her cheeks.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-weigl/for-the-wife-beater-s-wife-with-blue-irises-her-face-is-blossomed/) Bruce Weigl [Abuse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/abuse/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/734/bruce-weigl-72893_abuse_for-the-wife-beater-s-wife-with-blue-iri_346594.jpg) > [“Winter's last rain and a light I don't recognize through the trees and I come back in my mind to the man…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-weigl/winter-s-last-rain-and-a-light-i-don-t-recognize-through-the-trees/) Bruce Weigl [Lover](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/lover/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/98a/bruce-weigl-72893_poetry_winter-s-last-rain-and-a-light-i-don-t-r_1344744.jpg) > [“We are not always right about what we think will save us.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-weigl/we-are-not-always-right-about-what-we-think-will-save-us/) Bruce Weigl [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/169/bruce-weigl-72893_quote_we-are-not-always-right-about-what-we-th_2166878.jpg) > [Say it clearly and you make it beautiful, no matter what.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-weigl/say-it-clearly-and-you-make-it-beautiful-no-matter-what/) Bruce Weigl [Beautiful](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/beautiful/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5fe/bruce-weigl-72893_beautiful_say-it-clearly-and-you-make-it-beautiful_2419316.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruce-weigl/#itemlist", "name": "Bruce Weigl Quotes", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“For the Wife Beater's Wife With blue irises her face is blossomed. 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