This came up as a memory and one that’s good to recall. These days we need all the encouragement we can get. <\/p>\n
I believe that man will not merely endure: he will prevail. He is immortal, not because he alone among creatures has an inexhaustible voice, but because he has a soul, a spirit capable of compassion and sacrifice and endurance. The poet\u2019s, the writer\u2019s duty is to write about these things. \u2026 The poet\u2019s voice need not merely be the record of man, it can be one of the props, the pillars to help him endure and prevail. \u2013 William Faulkner, Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
* When I first typed this title it was “Staring April” and I almost left it. Sometimes you stare into the abyss and sometimes it stares back. April can be like that. It’s also National Poetry Writing Month, a real push to just get on with it. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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