Scottish poet and journalist Kate Clanchy celebrates her 58th birthday today. She's the author of plays, poetry, and memoir. When she was asked in an interview what she thought the role of the poet was in today's society, she said: "What are we for? Nobody cares about us, I think. I think probably we're for what we've always been for: recording intimate experience and speaking for people. It's not about public utterance, I don't think. When was poetry about that? People say Dryden and Pope. Maybe."