Keith Douglas
Keith Douglas
Keith Castellain Douglaswas an English poet noted for his war poetry during the Second World War and his wry memoir of the Western Desert campaign, Alamein to Zem Zem. He was killed in action during the invasion of Normandy...
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth24 January 1920
dead remember simplify
Remember me when I am deadAnd simplify me when I'm dead
almost excuse police waited wife
There's no excuse for it. My wife and I waited 10 years for these children. For the police to almost take their lives, there's no excuse for it.
ending everybody great
This is a great ending for everybody involved.
life-is-like life-is elevators
Life is like an elevator. Up and down, just make sure you get off on the right floor.
happiness hate cat
Silence is a strange thing to us who live: we desire it, we fear it, we worship it, we hate it. There is a divinity about cats, as long as they are silent: the silence of swans gives them an air of legend.