Iran is not a make-believe country. It is a real country populated by some 75 million people – real people including, I daresay, a majority who are philosophically and by education inclined toward the modern, secular world, and particularly American values. – Bob Barr
So, poetry becomes a means for useful dialogue between people who are not only unknown, but mute to each other. It produces a dialogue among people that guards all of us against manipulation by our so-called leaders. – June Jordan
