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> [“Words in a poem are like petals on a flower, only together, in the right position, at the right time are they seen as they should be.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-mcdonald/words-in-a-poem-are-like-petals-on-a-flower-only-together-in-the/)

[David McDonald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-mcdonald/)

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## More by David McDonald

> [“That we have ignored the lessons of modern war poetry speaks volumes to the lack of concern for that which we do not endure.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-mcdonald/that-we-have-ignored-the-lessons-of-modern-war-poetry-speaks-volumes/)

[David McDonald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-mcdonald/)

> [“Enjoyment of literature is achieved only by reading without expectation but with anticipation.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-mcdonald/enjoyment-of-literature-is-achieved-only-by-reading-without/)

[David McDonald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-mcdonald/)

> [“A Queens Shilling A Queens shilling taken in faith, service given without question Comrades fallen in foreign fields, now I return home again Parades…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-mcdonald/a-queens-shilling-a-queens-shilling-taken-in-faith-service-given/)

[David McDonald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-mcdonald/)

> [“Words in a poem are like petals on a flower, only together, in the right position, at the right time are they seen as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-mcdonald/words-in-a-poem-are-like-petals-on-a-flower-only-together-in-the/)

[David McDonald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-mcdonald/)

> [“Freedom has become that most reviled of creatures the commodity and for that it is devalued as are the lives it costs.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-mcdonald/freedom-has-become-that-most-reviled-of-creatures-the-commodity-and/)

[David McDonald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-mcdonald/)

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