To Practice Your Scales, So To Speak,

I Loved To Read, But I Always Thought That The Dream Was Too Far Away. The Person Who Had Written The Book Was A God, It Wasn't A Person.

Creative Writing And Literacy Go Hand And Hand.

There Are Distinct Duties Of A Poet Laureate. I Plan A Reading Series At The Library Of Congress And Advise The Librarian. The Rest Is How I Want To Promote Poetry

If We Really Want To Be Full And Generous In Spirit, We Have No Choice But To Trust At Some Level.

If The Poem Is So Moving That Even If You Have No Experience In That Particular Setting Be It 1920's Harlem Let's Say. You Still Are So Moved That You Can Put Yourself In That Position. That Means That The Writer Has Managed To Go Beyond The Personal And Touch The Humanity In All Of Us And It's Really A Blast To Read It Because I Realize How That This Does Hold True For The Truly Great Poems.