The taxless, armyless state of which he long had dreamed was still a long way from reality.

Kiss me goodbye and write me while I'm gone

In this nadir of poetic repute, when the only verse that most people read from one year’s end to the next is what appears on greetings cards, it is well for us to stop and consider our poets.

“Black Panther” is a stunning visual and cultural achievement that takes superhero cinema where it’s never gone before by not being afraid to embrace its blackness.