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Poetry at Obama’s Inauguration!


by Carissa Smith

18 December 2008 321 views No Comment

For the first time in, well, a long time, the next presidential inauguration will feature a poet, reading. No, I’m not talking about Rick Warren. Yale professor and writer Elizabeth Alexander will follow in the tradition of Robert Frost and Maya Angelou, composing a poem specifically for the occasion. If you’re curious, here are some of her poems.

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