Elizabeth Alexander Inaugural Poem

Follow the Artists to Our New Democracy

Tanene Allison | Posted 05.25.2011

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Tanene Allison

It was a poet who gave our nation, and new President, the words that led to our visioning of how this time of potential and possibility could become real.

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Reflections on "The Poem"

Ben Rosen | Posted 11.17.2011

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Ben Rosen

Let's compare Elizabeth Alexander's poem with one written for an earlier president. I dug up the 77-line poem, "Dedication", that Robert Frost wrote for JFK's 1961 inauguration.

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A Closer Look At The Inaugural Poem

John Lundberg | Posted 11.17.2011

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John Lundberg

I hope that, like me, you enjoyed Elizabeth Alexander's reading of her poem "Praise Song for the Day." I've gone back to read it again since the inau...

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