Dickey

Famous quotes containing the word dickey:

“the thin, long human frame
Upside down in its own strange joy,”
—James Dickey (b. 1923)

“I have just come down from my father.
Higher and higher he lies
Above me in a blue light
Shed by a tinted window.”
—James Dickey (b. 1923)

“The back somersault, the kip-up—
And at last, the stand on his hands,
Perfect, with his feet together,
His head down, evenly breathing,”
—James Dickey (b. 1923)