Quote of the day
The Constitution was the expression not only of a political faith, but also of political fears. It was wrought both as the organ of the national interest and as the bulwark of certain individual and local rights.
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)