Anthony Hecht described Donald Justice as ‘among other things, the supreme heir of Wallace Stevens.’ This memorial volume of his complete poetry testifies to his subtle and enduring brilliance. With painterly vividness and plainspoken elegance he endeavoured to make the local views which his titles often evoke – ‘Bus Stop’, ‘Men at Forty’, ‘Dance Lessons of the Thirties’ – part of the literary heritage from which he so often took solace and inspiration.