J. V. Cunningham citations

J. V. Cunningham était écrivain américain.

✵ 23. août 1911 – 30. mars 1985
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J. V. Cunningham: Citations en anglais

“An old dissembler who lived out his lie
Lies here as if he did not fear to die.”

"An Epitaph for Anyone", 1942 The Poems of J. V. Cunningham, edited by Timothy Steele, Ohio University Press/Swallow Press, 1997, ISBN 0-804-00997-X
Epigrams

“She said he was a man who cheated.
He said she didn't play the game.
She said an expletive deleted.
He said the undeleted same.
And so they ended their relation
With meaningful communication.”

"Jack and Jill", 1981
The Poems of J. V. Cunningham, edited by Timothy Steele, Ohio University Press/Swallow Press, 1997, ISBN 0-804-00997-X
Other poetry

“Poetry is what looks like poetry, what sounds like poetry. It is metrical composition.”

'Poetry, Structure and Tradition' Dec 31 1939
General

“Despise me not
And not be queasy
To praise somewhat
Verse is not easy”

'For my Contemporaries' from - The Helmsman 1942
Epigrams

“Grief restrains grief as dams torrential rain
And time grows fertile with extended pain”

'Exclusion of Rhyme' Alan Swallow Denver 1942
Epigrams

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