When power leads man toward arrogance, poetry reminds him of his limitations. When power narrows the area of man's concern, poetry reminds him of the richness and diversity of existence. When power corrupts, poetry cleanses… We must never forget that art is not a form of propaganda; it is a form of truth. — John F. Kennedy
Claudia Rankine (September 15, 1963 -) There was a time I could say no one I knew well had died. This is not to suggest no one died. When I was eight my mother became pregnant. She went to the hospital to give birth and returned without the baby. Where's the baby? we asked. Did …
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Red Hawk When I was a boy, the Varsity Theaterwas a mile from our house. Saturdayswe were allowed to walk there, and for a dimewe got a cowboy double-feature and a long-running serial, which involvedan incredibly stupid, weak and helplessbut beautiful woman, upon whomunimaginable indignities and cruelties were enacted by darkly evil men with mustaches.Week …
Michele Graaff Cable TV dreams cast outfrom a clickety slide bar channelchanger. One of us, sister or I,standing on thick beige carpetin our tapered teen jeans, scrunchiedhair and socks, to slide fastthe changer, a zipper whipof color flashes on the screen, fastfaces with perfect bangs, moviesmade of satin romance,commercials zing a jingle, sugar cerealwe can’t …
Philip Schultz (January 06, 1945 -) On Turner Classic Movies Philip Marlowe is grimacing at the slinky beauty of the woman who will become the wife of the actor playing him. The man playing me, up at three this morning, worrying about the cost of private school, health insurance, and the slow grinding away of …
If you begin to understand what you are without trying to change it, then what you are undergoes a transformation. —Jiddu Krishnamurti
The truest philosophy, is not to long for anything in particular, but to accept everything as it comes, and find out the reason of it coming. — Marie Corelli
...If one looks long enough at almost anything, looks with absolute attention at a flower, a stone, the bark of a tree, grass, snow, a cloud, something like revelation takes place. — May Sarton
The most we can do is to write — intelligently, creatively, evocatively — about what it is like living in the world at this time. — Oliver Sacks
When power leads man toward arrogance, poetry reminds him of his limitations. When power narrows the area of man's concern, poetry reminds him of the richness and diversity of existence. When power corrupts, poetry cleanses... We must never forget that art is not a form of propaganda; it is a form of truth. — John F. Kennedy
