James Dickey
James Dickey
James Lafayette Dickeywas an American poet and novelist. He was appointed the eighteenth United States Poet Laureate in 1966. He also received the Order of the South award. Dickey was also a novelist, known for Deliverancewhich was adapted into an acclaimed film of the same name...
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth2 February 1923
CityAtlanta, GA
bicycle drunk forever highway motorcycle mouth power soul speed wild wind
And I to my motorcycle Parked like the soul of the junkyard Restored, a bicycle fleshed With power, and tore off Up Highway 106 continually Drunk on the wind in my mouth Wringing the handlebar for speed Wild to be wreckage forever
climb kinds weather
All day I climb myself bowlegged up those damned poles, rooster-heeled, in all kinds of weather
books hard listened loved players stay sure wished
I'm sure they were disappointed. As you can imagine, the players listened intently. But they all wished him the best, told him they loved him. He told them he loved them, to stay on the books and play hard and do their best.
men flying aviation
Flight is the only truly new sensation than men have achieved in modern history.
tired kind
There ain't nothin' to dyin', really. You just get tired. You kind of drift away.
tired kind
There ain't nothin' to dyin', really. You just get tired. You kind of drift away.