It's just that very few poets disturb the peace to any degree.
The world is bad but not without hope. It is only hopeless when you look at it from an ideal viewpoint.
As the Americans slaughter millions of turkeys every year for the celebration of their deliverance, the Indians, who should be celebrated as saviors, have long been slaughtered. There was even a time when a white man was paid a very decent price for every Indian scalp he could produce.
The individual protests against the world, but he doesn't get beyond protest, he is just a single protester. When he wants to be more than that, he has to counter power with power, he has to oppose the system with another system.
Every work of art depicts an aspect of reality.
Prior to the meeting, there was a prayer. In general, in the United States there was always praying.
Humans need justice in the here and now and grace in the thereafter. Justice in the here and now is possible only without freedom,and grace in the thereafter only through the freedom of God.
As a general rule, people tend to do best what they enjoy doing most.
When you find yourself overpowered, as it were, by melancholy, the best way is to go out and do something.
Everything begins only to end. The moment you were born you began to die. That's how it is with everything.
I love going on dates and talking.