J. V. Cunningham Quotes

  • 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. - View Quote Details on She said he was a man who cheated.
    He…
  • What demon is our god? What name subsumes
    That act external to our sleeping selves?
    Not pleasure — it is much too broad and narrow —,
    Not sex, not for the moment love, but pride,
    And not in prowess, but pride undefined,
    Autonomous in its unthought demands,
    A bit of vanity, but mostly pride. - View Quote Details on What demon is our god? What name subsumes
    That…
  • An old dissembler who lived out his lie
    Lies here as if he did not fear to die. - View Quote Details on An old dissembler who lived out his lie
    Lies…

About J. V. Cunningham

James Vincent Cunningham (August 23, 1911 – March 30, 1985 ) was an American poet, sometimes described as a neo-classicist or anti-modernist.

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