With respect to Barack Obama let's face it Barack Obama is an iconic figure in the African-American community. We respect that. We understand that. African-Americans are going to vote for the first black president especially when he happens to share the liberal politics on economic issues that many in that community hold.
In the world of poetry there are would-be poets workshop poets promising poets lovesick poets university poets and a few real poets.
A poem begins as a lump in the throat a sense of wrong a homesickness a lovesickness.
The lovesick the betrayed and the jealous all smell alike.