etcetera, etcetera, etcetera…

what is a poem, and what are politics? who is a poet, and who is the politician? what constitutes poetry, and what makes similar words fashioned, something political?

these are the questions of the day. the first questions of a semester. the big questions that will begin to be answered by the smaller questions i and we ask in the coming months. what is grander than embarking on this journey is embarking with friends. what is grander yet is the knowledge that we do not embark alone as an isloated expedition, but rather we join an ancient narrative.

today i watched aaron sorkin’s studio sixty. sorkin, i have determined, after today’s episode of studio and four seasons of the west wing, may be both a politician and a poet. i guess i’ll have to wait a while before i can say so certainly.