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Donald Justice Quotes

Men at forty Learn to close softly The doors to rooms they will not be Coming back to.

Men at forty Learn to close softly The doors to rooms they will not be Coming back to.

Donald Justice
Funny, Meaningful, Men
"Men at Forty" l. 1 (1967)

The artist will have had his revenge for being made to wait, A revenge not only necessary but right and clever-- Simply to leave him out of the scene forever.

Donald Justice
Art, Clever, Revenge
Donald Justice (2009). “New And Selected Poems”, p.71, Knopf

There is no way to ease the burden. The voyage leads on from harm to harm, A land of others and of silence.

Donald Justice
Journey, Land, Silence
Donald Justice (2009). “New And Selected Poems”, p.38, Knopf

Nostalgias were peeled from it long ago.

Donald Justice
Long Ago, Long, Nostalgia
Donald Justice (2009). “Collected Poems”, p.160, Knopf

How shall I speak of Doom, and ours in special, But as of something altogether common?

Donald Justice
Fate, Special, Common
Donald Justice (2009). “Collected Poems”, p.25, Knopf

Soon the purple dark must bruise Lily and bleeding-heart and rose, And the little Cupid lose Eyes and ears and chin and nose

Donald Justice
Heart, Eye, Dark
Donald Justice (2009). “Collected Poems”, p.40, Knopf

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