And Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Istanbul's Islamist mayor, is in the process of being banned from political office for life for quoting a lively piece of poetry.
She also has published several collections of recipes, a compendium of her poetry and a book on her life philosophy.
For him, a good poem is the distillation of experience, and poetry comes into its own when life is being lived in extremis.
And I think that one of the things that the President appreciates is the work that Mr. Lynn has done with children, especially in Chicago, trying to get them to focus on poetry, as opposed to some of the negative influences of life on the street.
People were a little afraid of her, as one is afraid of those whose vision is clear and who retain everything, as one is afraid of life, with its inspirations, its unfathomable poetry.
Levy is so inspired by the magnificence of life on Cape Cod that he has taken to penning poetry about it.
If it had the equipment and personnel for the job, the United States could broadcast radio programs for the Pashtuns commemorating Rahman Baba's life and poetry, thus helping to revive the collective memory of Sufism and inspiring opposition to the Taliban.
And he had shown me an Aztec poem, and Aztec poetry is all about this conflict that the heart goes through because of loving life and finding life so beautiful and yet knowing that we are - that we are not immortal.
In Japanese art and poetry, cherry blossoms have also served as metaphors for "the ephemerality of life", said James Ulak, the senior curator of Japanese art at Washington's Freer and Sackler art galleries, in an interview with NPR.
Never one to rest on his laurels, Parks continued to push his creative boundaries by writing poetry, producing documentaries, and composing the music for a ballet based on the life of Martin Luther Jr.
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