My top priority for 2012 will be to make a renewed push for women's economic empowerment and political participation.
What happened to poetry in the twentieth century was that it began to be written for the page.
Lyric poetry is, of course, musical in origin. I do know that what happened to poetry in the twentieth century was that it began to be written for the page. When it's a question of typography, why not? Poets have done beautiful things with typography - Apollinaire's 'Calligrammes,' that sort of thing.
Imitation, if it is not forgery, is a fine thing. It stems from a generous impulse, and a realistic sense of what can and cannot be done.
The lullaby is the spell whereby the mother attempts to transform herself back from an ogre to a saint.
The writing of a poem is like a child throwing stones into a mineshaft. You compose first, then you listen for the reverberation.
Windbags can be right. Aphorists can be wrong. It is a tough world.
Preparation for defense is an inalienable prerogative of a sovereign state.
If I wasn't a musician I'd probably be like a meth addict.
I've been a faithful reader of the great classical documents of economics, or tried to be.
Maybe they'd use biological or chemical weapons instead. Maybe they'd crash the world economy. Maybe they'd turn every program on television into one of those reality shows. " "That's mostly done already, Harry. " "Oh. Well. I've got to believe that the world is worth saving anyway.