A Good Poem Is Like A Bouillon

Being True To Yourself Really Means Being True To All The Complexities Of The Human Spirit.

Without Imagination We Can Go Nowhere. And Imagination Is Not Restricted To The Arts. Every Scientist I Have Met Who Has Been A Success Has Had To Imagine.

What Writing Does Is To Reveal.

One Definition Of Eternity Is That We Are Not Alone On This Planet, That There Are Those Who've Gone Before And Those Who Will Come, And That There Is A Community Of Spirits.

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.