which means it is easy to understand. To many modern, or post-modern, American minds, such a distinction is the kiss of death. The lovers of obscure verse will find plenty in Kooser to deride, but the rationale for maintaining the position of poet laureate is to help make poetry more accessible in order to attract a wider audience for the art.from Linda Sue Grimes: Suite101.com: Kooser and American Life in Poetry
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Along with the official bicentennial poem of Tennessee, [Maggi] Vaughn wrote "Mr. Tennessee Music Man," the official poem for the Tennessee state quarter, released by U.S. Mint in 2002. She also wrote the governor's inaugural poem, and a poem celebrating the 75th anniversary of the Air Force. She has appeared in programs on PBS, USA, TNN, TNT, and the BBC, and on many local radio and TV programs.
from Linda Sue Grimes: Suite101.com: Maggi Vaughn
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Joel disagrees that someone is snooping around the house and tries to dissuade her going out and trying to find someone. But she is adamant and cries, "Don't hold my arm!" To which he relies, "I say it's someone passing."
She then reminds him of how isolated their farm is: "You speak as if this were a travelled road./
from Linda Sue Grimes: Suite101.com: Robert Frost's 'The Fear'
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Then they must "fight" against the new-found knowledge that they are, in fact, aging, changing from their glorious youth to maturity that requires more of them than romantic folly. The same "Time" that they were given at birth later seems to confuse them.
from Linda Sue Grimes: Suite101.com: Shakespeare Sonnet 60
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He cannot allow himself to be motivated by a muse that he can ostracize at will. He can receive only so much inspiration from the muse, because "[the muse's] love, though much, is not so great" as his own.
He acknowledges that he is the only one who is answerable for his own inspiration: "It is my love that keeps mine eye awake."
from Linda Sue Grimes: Suite101.com: Shakespeare Sonnet 61
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