Poetry Is Really A Way Of Sharing

I May, And I Think I Represent A Tradition That Means A Lot To Me, Which Has Really Always Been About Fighting For Others, For Middle-class Families, For Working Class - For Working People, You Know, And That's A Tradition And A Commitment That I Take Very Seriously.

Most Of The Books That I've Written Have Been Focused On, Sort Of, The Individual, And Sort Of, Either A Voice, A Personal Voice, Or A Kind Of Transforming Event Where They Step Forward To Fight For Something They Value.

I Am, You Know, A Democrat Through And Through. I've Always Voted Democratic. You Know, That Is Where My Heart Lies.

The Happiest Years Of My Mother's Life Were Spent In Washington, D.c. It Was Where She Met My Father, Where John Was Born And Where I Spent My Earliest Years.

I Have A Lifelong Devotion To Public Service.