Poetry seems to sink into us the way prose doesn't. I can still quote verses I learned when I was very young but I have trouble remembering one line of a novel I just finished reading.
Children seem naturally drawn to poetry - it's some combination of the rhyme...
I write poetry in order to live more fully.
I totally disagree with the view that the Tibet struggle will die and there will be no hope for Tibet after the Dalai Lama passes away.
