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Poetry asks people to have values, form opinions, care about some other part of experience besides making money and being successful on the job.
From my earliest days I have enjoyed an attractive impediment in my speech. I have never permitted the use of the word stammer. I can't say it myself.
Christopher Alexander, Architect (1936) |
Clifton Davis, Actor (1945) |
Roy Evans, Athlete (1948) |
Brendan Gill, Critic (1914) |
Chuck Hagel, Politician (1946) |
Marv Harshman, Coach (1917) |
Barbara Johnson, Critic (1947) |
Joseph P. Kennedy III, Politician (1980) |
Ernst Kaltenbrunner, Soldier (1903) |
Buster Keaton, Actor (1895) |
Janis Joplin, Musician (1970) |