Possible Clues:

• Tycoon Howard
• Poet Langston
• Poet Langston with a Spingarn Medal
• Author and hacks talking
• Poet - the chap's after an expression of affection
• Former poet laureate
• He hugs erratic, reclusive American multi-millionaire
• Ted -, Poet Laureate
• Ted --, poet
• Poet improvised gush about ambassador