Charlie Chaplin was an actor, director, composer, and according to a persistent internet rumor, the author of a poem entitled, "As I Began to Love Myself": As I began to love myself I found that ...

I liked the way the words moved together carefully, unlike the jagged jumping and plunging motions of my own thoughts. The voice in the poem was calmer, more like my inner voice sounds now.

When I realized I couldn't answer the questions posed about two of my own poems on the Texas state assessment tests (STAAR Test), I had a flash of panic — oh, no! Not smart enough. Such a dunce ...