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U.S. Poet Laureate ROBERT HASS. (Rhymes with "ass"). He's written several books of poetry including "Praise" and "Human Wishes." He also edited "The Essential Haiku: Versions of Basho, Buson & Issa." (The Ecco Press). (THIS INTERVIEW CONTINUES INTO THE SECOND HALF

reform... but many questions remain before any legislation becomes law.

on a victory for the federal government in the continuing battle with western states over control of federal land.

NPR's Melissa Block takes note of a trend among politicians to quote the words of William Butler Yeats. Irish-American politicians tend to quote him most frequently. There are complaints that taking Yeats' lines out of context distorts their meaning and that over-using Yeats can devalue the poet's work, reducing his lines to political cliches.

SIMON/ BUZZARDS OF HINCKLEY, OHIO: SCOTT SPEAKS WITH NATURALIST BOB HINKLE ABOUT THE RETURN OF TURKEY BUZZARDS TO THIS TOWN, ALWAYS ON THE 15TH OF MARCH.

NPR senior news analyst Daniel Schorr says that somehow, the U.S. must find a way deal with Iran when negotiating peace in the current Israel-Lebanon crisis.

SCOTT SIMON AND DANIEL SCHORR, WEEKEND EDITION'S SENIOR NEWS ANALYST, TALK ABOUT THE TOP NEWS STORIES OF THE WEEK.

NPR's Eric Weiner reports on a speech Yassar Arafat delivered today in Gaza. The PLO leader accused Iran of ordering a wave of bombings on Israel. He also criticized the Jewish state for sealing the West Bank and Gaza strip.

Robert Siegel profiles a series of cases heard by the Alabama Board of Pardons and Paroles. All the cases are murderers trying to get out of prison before their sentences are up. We'll hear the pleas of victim's families trying to keep their loved one's killer in jail. We'll hear the families of the inmates- hoping to get their loved one a chance on the outside. And, the parole board members weigh in on how they approach the difficult task of making these decisions.

On a day in February, Jason Reinier put a call out to sound recordists. He asked them to record the sounds in their neighborhoods, and to send those sounds to him . He took those sounds and put them together as an audio snapshot of February 17th 1996. We play them for you today on the first international noise awareness day. (8:00) (IN S

whether English should be made the official language of the United States. Tonight, we conclude our series with a commentary form Ruben Martinez, who is living in Mexico City, for a perspective from the other side of the border.

NPR's Phillip Davis reports on the battle in Congress over legalized gambling.