On the board was written, "Poetry is a wide-open field." (p183) - Naomi Shihab Nye

I hope you feel as I do that it wouldn't be that hard for the United States to have two friends. You know, to have only one good friend seems like the dark side of junior high school. Every time President Obama or any president says, "Israel, you are our enduring friend forever," I think, Okay that's fine, but couldn't you have two friends? What about, "Palestine, you are our friend too." Why not?

Language is its own music.

“Cross That Line” is an important poem to me because I loved Paul Robeson so much as a child.