Somebody and Nobody

People who hold important positions in society are commonly labelled somebodies, and their inverse nobodies - both of which are, of course, nonsensical descriptors, for we are all, by necessity, ...

The Poet and the Writer Help Change the World

The poet and writer help change the world. This may seem presumptuous or merely a relative truth, but, in order to justify tumult or acquiescence, one need only think of the reactions that poets prov...

Afraid of Going On

Unfortunately I am afraid, as always, of going on. For to go on means going from here, means finding me, losing me, vanishing and beginning again, a stranger first, then little by little the same as ...