First of all, it wasn't even initially part of the Statue of Liberty. The statue was built in the 1870s and 1880s. The poem ...

turning on the lamp and scooting back against the pillows so I can prop the paper against my blanketed knees. I grab an index card on which I’ve already copied out the poem I’m memorizing ...

While doing some cleaning, I came across a column of yours that I had clipped and tucked away. On one of the pages I had dog-eared was the ...