Even If The Hopes You Started Out

I've Nothing Against The Queen Personally: I Had Lunch At The Palace Once Upon A Time.

The Ireland I Now Inhabit Is One That These Irish Contemporaries Have Helped To Imagine.

I Have Always Thought Of Poems As Stepping Stones In One's Own Sense Of Oneself. Every Now And Again, You Write A Poem That Gives You Self-respect And Steadies Your Going A Little Bit Farther Out In The Stream. At The Same Time, You Have To Conjure The Next Stepping Stone Because The Stream, We Hope, Keeps Flowing.

History Says, Don’t Hope On This Side Of The Grave, But Then, Once In A Lifetime The Longed-for Tidal Wave Of Justice Can Rise Up, And Hope And History Rhyme

If Poetry And The Arts Do Anything, They Can Fortify Your Inner Life, Your Inwardness.