President Obama the poet, and the inauguration poem | Ken Tucker's
20 Jan 2009 I've been dissing the whole idea of an inaugural poem in different comments threads at Harriet, and it got me to thinking about what I would
Q&A: Elizabeth Alexander on her inauguration poem - Newsweek
"'Dedication,' Robert Frost's presidential inaugural poem , 20 January 1961. Typescript with Frost's holograph script corrections in ink and Stewart Udall's
EMERGENCY BROADCAST SYSTEM: Substitute Inauguration Poem - Megan
15 Jan 2009 Elizabeth Alexander has been commissioned to write a poem for Inauguration Day. But the checkered history of the form suggests it's an
Inaugural Poetry 2009 : NPR
5 Nov 2008 A preview of Maya Angelou's inaugural poem for Obama. This skit of Grier-as- Angelou rehearsing her draft Obama inauguration poem will
Transcript of Inaugural Poem - Inauguration Watch - News and notes
12 Jan 2009 Obama Inauguration Poem : David Lehman (VIDEO) - The Huffington Post.
Inaugural Poetry (Lesson Plan) - TeacherVision.com
20 Jan 2009 Today's challenge to the poet Elizabeth Alexander was even greater than previous poets who'd been asked to write verse for an inaugural day.
Elizabeth Alexander's Inaugural Poem
20 Jan 2009 It must rank as the grandest poetry gig on earth, with a potential audience of billions. It may also terrify the lucky – or unlucky – author
Inaugural Poetry - EducationWorld
20 Jan 2009 Elizabeth Alexander, a professor at Yale University, wrote the inaugural poem for Barack Obama. Below is a transcription of her poem ,
BBC NEWS | UK | Wales | Poem sent for Obama inauguration
24 Dec 2008 It has been widely noted that President-elect Barack Obama is a reader of poetry . Only days after winning the election, Mr. Obama was
How to write a poem for the president - Barack Obama News - Salon.com
The land was ours before we were the land's. / She was our land more than a hundred years / Before we were her people. She was ours
Inaugural poem is less than praiseworthy - Los Angeles Times
Review poems read at presidential inauguration ceremonies with this lesson plan. After the presidential election is over, find out how the new president
Obama's Inauguration Day poem - White House, News - The Independent
21 Jan 2009 An overview of the role of poets during the presidential inauguration process and a look at memorable poetry readings from past
The Inaugural Poem Remix - WFMU's Beware of the Blog
21 Jan 2009 By all accounts, Elizabeth Alexander's Inaugural Poem , uh, sucked. We think you could do better. So, here's the deal. Take her poem .
Text - Inaugural Poem - NYTimes.com
18 Jan 2009 You're only the fourth poet to recite a poem for an inauguration . Did you go back and look at these other inaugural poems ?
Presidential Inauguration Poetry: A Brief History of Poets and
21 Jan 2009 For all its pomp and circumstance, the first writer's inaugural didn't exactly set the world of words on fire. First, there was the address
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