"I was a 16-year-old girl at one point, so of course I wrote poetry." ― Elizabeth Edwards Topic(s): Poetry More From Elizabeth Edwards "What we hope to achieve is a society that doesn’t value a white man because he’s a white man, but also doesn’t value a woman because she’s a woman, or a black because he’s a black." "Successful health reform must not just make health insurance affordable, affordable health insurance has to make health care affordable." "Growing up in an Italian family, you use a harsh tone and 10 minutes later everybody forgets about it." More In Poetry "A poet can survive everything but a misprint."― Oscar Wilde "In rap music, even though the element of poetry is very strong, so is the element of the drum, the implication of the dance. Without the beat, its commercial value would certainly be more tenuous."― Archie Shepp "The poem is the point at which our strength gave out."― Richard Rosen