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Happy Birthday, Donald Justice! | Poems Rethabile Likes 🎂 Happy Birthday, Donald Justice! Poet · Teacher · Musician · born 12 August 1925 Today we celebrate the 101st birthday of Donald Justice — one of the finest American poets of the twentieth century. Here is his exquisite sonnet, “The Wall,” a meditation on Eden, innocence, and the fall. The poem moves with the quiet precision that characterizes Justice's best work — a world where angels are "as common / As birds or butterflies," where the lion sharpens his claw in a dream, and where the gate stands open as the giant wings unfurl. Justice was born on this day in 1925 in Miami, Florida. A pianist and painter who chose words, he excelled at both traditional and experimental forms, finding particular delight in the sestina. He taugh...