James Dickey

James Dickey

James Lafayette Dickey (February 2, 1923 – January 19, 1997) was an American poet and novelist. He was appointed the eighteenth Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress in 1966.

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    Not dancing but nearly risen
    Through barnlike, theatrelike houses
    On the winds of the buck and wing.
    James Dickey (b. 1923)

    The old question of whether there is design is idle. The real question is what is the world, whether or not it have a designer—and that can be revealed only by the study of all nature’s particulars.
    —William James (1842–1910)

    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)