But the gravest difficulty, and perhaps the most important, in poetry meant solely for recitation, is the difficulty of achieving read more

But the gravest difficulty, and perhaps the most important, in poetry meant solely for recitation, is the difficulty of achieving verbal beauty, or rather of making verbal beauty tell.

This has been the first real test since FEMA (U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency) was put under Homeland Security and read more

This has been the first real test since FEMA (U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency) was put under Homeland Security and obviously it didn't work and I think they will want to reexamine how they respond to disasters.

I think my prose reads as if English were my second language. By the time I get to the end read more

I think my prose reads as if English were my second language. By the time I get to the end of a paragraph, I'm dodging bullets and gasping for breath.

Radio news is bearable. This is due to the fact that while the news is being broadcast the disc jockey read more

Radio news is bearable. This is due to the fact that while the news is being broadcast the disc jockey is not allowed to talk.

Children in Iraq are seriously suffering psychologically with all the insecurity, especially with the fear of kidnapping and explosions. In read more

Children in Iraq are seriously suffering psychologically with all the insecurity, especially with the fear of kidnapping and explosions. In some cases, they?re found to be suffering extreme stress.

Few people I think fully comprehend the seriousness of the problem that the South and Southeast could be facing in read more

Few people I think fully comprehend the seriousness of the problem that the South and Southeast could be facing in the next several weeks - it's an experience that few Americans have ever experienced.

God bears with the wicked, but not forever.

God bears with the wicked, but not forever.

I have been subject to politics as long as I've been alive, thirty-five years, starting with the New Deal, going read more

I have been subject to politics as long as I've been alive, thirty-five years, starting with the New Deal, going into the Second World War, the Cold War, Korea, the whole thing. So, I've been affected by it and hence since I've made my art, my art must reflect my political experience.

coerced and had been required as a condition for Libby's continued employment at the White House.

coerced and had been required as a condition for Libby's continued employment at the White House.