Many people remember that spirit that President Kennedy summoned forth. Many people look to me as somebody who embodies that sense of possibility.

In those rare moments, when such a person comes along, we need to put aside our plans and reach for what we know is possible.

Poetry is really a way of sharing feelings and ideas.

The most beautiful people are all in the library.

The biggest problem is people are afraid of poetry, think they can't understand it or that it will be boring.

In a funny way, poems are suited to modern life. They're short, they're intense. Nobody has time to read a 700-page book. People read magazines, and a poem takes less time than an article.

We need a President who is not afraid of complexity, who believes in an open and tolerant society, and who knows that the world can be made new again - and that President is Al Gore.