One of the strange things about violent and authoritarian regimes is they don't like the glare of negative publicity.
I grew up reading 'The Jungle Books' and loving them.
Reality is a question of perspective.
A poet's work is to name the unnameable, to point at frauds, to take sides, start arguments, shape the world, and stop it going to sleep.
When we stop believing in the gods we can start believing in their stories.
Most of what matters in your life takes place in your absence.