Quote of the day
A sculptor is a person who is interested in the shape of things, a poet in words, a musician by sounds.
Sam Hamill

Born: September 5, 1943
Died: April 14, 2018 (aged 74)
Bio: Sam Hamill was an American poet and the co-founder of Copper Canyon Press along with Bill O’Daly and Tree Swenson. He is also the initiator of the Poets Against War movement, which he set up in response to the Iraq War.
Known for:
- The Erotic Spirit (1995)
- Habitation: Collected Poems (2014)
- Love Poems from the Japanese
- Avocations, On Poets and Poetry (2007)







