If You Can't Be Free, Be A

Crassly Put: When I Write, I Am Trying Not To Bore Myself And My Readers.

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.

I Carry A Notebook With Me Everywhere. But That's Only The First Step.

All Of Us Have Moments In Our Childhood Where We Come Alive For The First Time. And We Go Back To Those Moments And Think, This Is When I Became Myself.

The Library Is An Arena Of Possibility, Opening Both A Window Into The Soul And A Door Onto The World.