J. V. Cunningham Quotes

• The finder of his theme will be at no loss for words.

  J. V. Cunningham

  Writing, Loss, Theme

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• I like the trivial, vulgar and exalted.

  J. V. Cunningham

  Vulgar, Exalted

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• The writer asks himself, 'Can I think of a plot that will parallel this? Can I take this work of literature as an example of something I might produce?' Let us, then, consider literature as a productive science.

  J. V. Cunningham

  Thinking, Example, Plot

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• Naked I came, naked I leave the scene

  J. V. Cunningham

  Death, Naked, Scene

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• 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.

  J. V. Cunningham

  Sex, Sleep, Pride

  "In a Few Days Now When Two Memories Meet (1964)". "Poems Of J.V. Cunningham". Book edited by Timothy Steele, 1997.

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• This Humanist whom no beliefs constrained Grew so broad-minded he was scatter-brained.

  J. V. Cunningham

  Political, Belief, Broads

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