I've Been A Democrat All My Life.

The Biggest Problem Is People Are Afraid Of Poetry, Think They Can't Understand It Or That It Will Be Boring.

I Have Never Had A President Who Inspired Me The Way People Tell Me That My Father Inspired Them. But For The First Time, I Believe I Have Found The Man Who Could Be That President - Not Just For Me, But For A New Generation Of Americans.

To The Extent That We Are All Educated And Informed, We Will Be More Equipped To Deal With The Gut Issues That Tend To Divide Us.

In A Funny Way, Poems Are Suited To Modern Life. They're Short, They're Intense. Nobody Has Time To Read A 700-page Book. People Read Magazines, And A Poem Takes Less Time Than An Article.

I'm Not As Shy As Everybody Makes Me Out To Be.