I see a resurgence of interest in poetry. I am less optimistic about the prospects for the arts when it comes to federal funding.

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It really wasn't until I was in college when I began to write more and...

It really wasn't until I was in college when I began to write more and...

I believe people may have a predisposition for artistic creativity. It doesn't mean they're going...

I believe people may have a predisposition for artistic creativity. It doesn't mean they're going...

Going to the library was the one place we got to go without asking for...

Going to the library was the one place we got to go without asking for...

I try to show what it is about language and music that enthralls, because I...

I try to show what it is about language and music that enthralls, because I...

I think children have talent and insight, but it gets beaten out of them.

I think children have talent and insight, but it gets beaten out of them.

Poetry is language at its most distilled and most powerful.

Poetry is language at its most distilled and most powerful.

Without imagination we can go nowhere. And imagination is not restricted to the arts. Every...

Without imagination we can go nowhere. And imagination is not restricted to the arts. Every...

One definition of eternity is that we are not alone on this planet, that there...

One definition of eternity is that we are not alone on this planet, that there...

When we are touched by something it's as if we're being brushed by an angel's...

When we are touched by something it's as if we're being brushed by an angel's...

To write for PC reasons, because you think you ought to be dealing with this...

To write for PC reasons, because you think you ought to be dealing with this...

I loved to read, but I always thought that the dream was too far away....

I loved to read, but I always thought that the dream was too far away....

I was appointed Poet Laureate. It came totally out of the blue because most Poet...

I was appointed Poet Laureate. It came totally out of the blue because most Poet...

You have to imagine it possible before you can see something. You can have the...

You have to imagine it possible before you can see something. You can have the...

I write short stories, and I wrote a play.

I write short stories, and I wrote a play.

If they don't read, if they don't love reading; if they don't find themselves compulsively...

If they don't read, if they don't love reading; if they don't find themselves compulsively...

My favorite poets may not be your bread and butter. I have more favorite poems...

My favorite poets may not be your bread and butter. I have more favorite poems...

The American Dream is a phrase we'll have to wrestle with all of our lives....

The American Dream is a phrase we'll have to wrestle with all of our lives....

For years, I had heard about the lack of interest in literature in the U.S....

For years, I had heard about the lack of interest in literature in the U.S....

I keep the drafts of each poem in color-coded folders. I pick up the folders...

I keep the drafts of each poem in color-coded folders. I pick up the folders...

The poetry that sustains me is when I feel that, for a minute, the clouds...

The poetry that sustains me is when I feel that, for a minute, the clouds...