I have gained so much from being able to hear about others' experiences, thoughts, and feelings. I appreciate the CNA's efforts to help newcomers put together their new lives in the United States, and I raise a pen to everyone who's helping them with the work.

“Poetry is language at its most distilled and most powerful.” —Rita Dove

“Poetry is like a bird, it ignores all frontiers.” —Yevgeny Yevtushenko

“Poetry might be defined as the clear expression of mixed feelings.” —W.H. Auden