"It was the end of day. / Shadows came engulfing." As part of the Poets On documentary series, hosted by Carol Frost and directed by Gerard Meola, the late Pulitzer Prize–winning author Donald Justice reads his poetry and attempts to answer such timeless questions as, "What makes a line?" and "How important is originality?"
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