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...time the morning's announcements start, John David is at his desk preparing for math and science. The voice over the loudspeaker reads a poem. "Accept me for me./ Even though I am not the image of your fantasy,/ I am striving to be the best I can be./ Please accept me for me." Despite the fidgeting, the students seem attentive...
...jump off in a remote rail yard. Campground "jungles" located in trackside patches of scrub and a riverside park for relaxing and washing clothes are nearby. A notable addition to the hobo community this weekend is Tudor Williams, 44, former chef to Movie Director Steven Spielberg. A tramp's poem recommends making mulligan stew by putting "Whatever you've got/ In the pot/ Heat it 'til it's hot/ Eat it." Williams improves on the formula. He keeps a store of spice packets from fast- food stands and collects money from hoboes who have some to buy day-old meat...
...noticed how pale the students are, they must be studying a lot," poet Charles Simic said yesterday prior to reading a poem he wrote in honor of the newly elected members of Phi Beta Kappa...
...vivacious twelve-year-old who reads John Updike, finds Nancy Drew too predictable, and recites T.S. Eliot's poem The Journey of the Magi in a clipped British accent. A pianist, she talks enthusiastically about her favorite composers, Bach and Mozart. With her charm, dancing eyes and radiant smile, Vera Zieman should be one of the most popular girls in her Moscow school...
...office of poet laureate carries no expectation that its occupant will produce verse commemorating important events. In a way, this freedom is ironic, since Wilbur is a master of the occasional poem. Reminiscing in his office in the Library of Congress, he observes, "I suppose, more than most poets of my generation, I've written public poems and direct communications." These include "Speech for the Repeal of the McCarran Act" (1956), an oblique critique of U.S. immigration law, and "For the Student Strikers" (1970), a cadenced plea for moderation during a time of trouble at Wesleyan University. Still, Wilbur likes...