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Constantly risking absurdity and death whenever he performs above the heads of his audience, the poet, like an acrobat, climbs on rhyme to a high wire of his own making.
It was all a back-handed blessing, and my friends were the ones who kept the faith, read my work, and urged me to submit it to publishers (by sending it out for me - they would not hear no for an answer.
John C. Calhoun, Statesman (1782) |
Jerry Cantrell, Musician (1966) |
Edgar Cayce, Celebrity (1877) |
Manly Hall, Philosopher (1901) |
Queen Latifah, Musician (1970) |
Odysseas Elytis, Writer (1996) |
King Farouk, Royalty (1965) |