A public expectation it has to be said not of poetry as such but of political positions variously approvable by mutually disapproving groups.
But that citizen's perception was also at one with the truth in recognizing...
I write poetry in order to live more fully.
As long as there is rape... there is not going to be any peace or justice or equality or freedom. You are not going to become what you want to become or who you want to become. You are not going to live in the world you want to live in.
