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A poem conveys not a message so much as the provenance of a message, an advent of sense.
When I pick up the ball and it feels nice and light and small I know I'm going to have a good day. But if I picked it up and it's big and heavy, I know I'm liable to get into a little trouble.
| Grace Abbott, Activist (1878) |
| David Amram, Composer (1930) |
| Danny DeVito, Actor (1944) |
| Howard Dean, Politician (1948) |
| Shelby Foote, Author (1916) |
| Eva Gabrielsson, Author (1953) |
| Isaac Hanson, Musician (1980) |
| James Inhofe, Politician (1934) |
| Richard Jewell, Celebrity (1962) |
| Roland Joffe, Director (1945) |
| John Eaton, Politician (1856) |
| Abba Eban, Diplomat (2002) |
| Don Gibson, Musician (2003) |
| Eric Gill, Sculptor (1940) |

