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A Closer Look At The Inaugural Poem

John Lundberg | Posted 02.25.2009 | Living

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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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Inaugural Poet Previews Obama Work

NY Times | Posted 01.25.2009 | Politics

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"To have great poetry there must be great audiences, too," Walt Whitman said. He was talking about the quality of a poet's readers. But there is littl...

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