I redo the body of my poem like someone who tries to cure her own wound.
Alejandra Pizarnik
Recitation: by Male by Female
I had a paint pony called Half-Pint, and I rode her in Madison Square Garden, and that was my first big show. But my first real pony was this red pony called Chantal. He was absolutely amazing. He was a great pony, except he did spin me off a couple of times! I would blink, and then I would be on the floor.
Jessica Springsteen
GreatRedAmazingMeGardenFirst
War, in our country, ought never to be resorted to but when it is clearly justifiable and necessary; so much so as not to require the aid of logic to convince our understanding nor the ardour of eloquence to inflame our passions. There are many reasons why this country should never resort to it but for causes the most urgent and necessary.
John C. Calhoun
WarUnderstandingLogicCountryWhy
We're all human beings, but some of us are more sophisticated at covering our flaws. We're just smart enough to lie to ourselves that everything is OK.
Mehmet Oz
LieSmartEnoughFlawsMoreHuman
When you use the word 'filibuster,' most of us in America - and I count myself among them - envision it as the ability to hold the floor on rare occasions to speak at length and make your point emphatically and even delay progress by taking hours.
Jeff Merkley
MyselfProgressSpeakAmericaYou
When you read and understand a poem, comprehending its rich and formal meanings, then you master chaos a little.
Stephen Spender
ChaosRichYouUnderstandMaster
I think if you hearken back to partial-birth abortion... everybody said, you know, it's not constitutional. It can't pass; it can't go anywhere, and it took time to do that, and it even had to succeed a presidential veto. But it eventually did.
Trent Franks
TimeSucceedThinkYouBackKnow
There was a time when nails were high-tech. There was a time when people had to be told how to use a telephone. Technology is just a tool. People use tools to improve their lives.
Tom Clancy
TechnologyTimePeopleToolsNails
Whatever happened to a sense of idealism and embracing an idea that will help people and, in this case, children?
Rod Blagojevich
ChildrenPeopleHelpWillWhatever
I'm not as sharp as I used to be.
Roddy Piper
SharpUsed
Bill Clinton championed discriminatory laws against formerly incarcerated people that have kept millions of Americans locked in a cycle of poverty and desperation.
Michelle Alexander
PeoplePovertyDesperationAgainst
I never assume anyone will see or like things I do, honestly!
Josh Gondelman
WillNeverSeeThingsAssumeLike
Well, I think what's most important is the idea of something.
Josh Homme
ThinkImportantSomethingWellIdea
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