Surveying the short history of presidential verse, Yahoo News began to wonder what would happen if inaugural poets might be inspired to raise their games. Without exactly staging a poetry slam, we turned?? More?? Why Yahoo! News commissioned inaugural poems for Barack Obama
Inaugural poet Richard Blanco read his poem "One Today" at the swearing-in ceremony for President Obama. Here is the full text of the poem as written More?? One Today
James Franco is an actor and writer. He is the author of the poetry chapbook ?Strongest of the Litter? and the short story collection ?Palo Alto.? His poetry collection, ?Directing Herbert White,? is scheduled?? More?? Obama in Asheville
James Tate?s many books include ?The Ghost Soldiers,? ?Worshipful Company of Fletchers,? which won the National Book Award, and ?Selected Poems,? which won the Pulitzer Prize for poetry. More?? Dear Mr. President
Paul Muldoon's ?The Word on the Street (Rock Lyrics)? will be published in February. He is the poetry editor at the New Yorker and won the Pulitzer Prize in poetry for ?Moy Sand and Gravel.? More?? For Barack Obama: his second inauguration
Brenda Shaughnessy is the author of the poetry collections ?Our Andromeda,? ?Interior with Sudden Joy? and ?Human Dark with Sugar,? a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award. More?? To President Obama on his second inauguration
Kevin Young is the author of seven books of poetry, including ?Ardency: A Chronicle of the Amistad Rebels? and ?Jelly Roll,? a finalist for the National Book Award. His most recent book, ?The Grey Album:?? More?? Oath
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/president-obama-inauguration-poems/
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