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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