Donald Justice, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Donald Justice

Poet, teacher

Date of Birth: 12-Aug-1925

Place of Birth: Miami, Florida, United States

Date of Death: 06-Aug-2004

Profession: teacher, poet

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Donald Justice (August 12, 1925 – August 6, 2004) was an American poet and teacher of writing.
In summing up Justice's career David Orr wrote, "In most ways, Justice was no different from any number of solid, quiet older writers devoted to traditional short poems.
But he was different in one important sense: sometimes his poems weren't just good; they were great.
They were great in the way that Elizabeth Bishop's poems were great, or Thom Gunn's or Philip Larkin's.
They were great in the way that tells us what poetry used to be, and is, and will be."