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Presidential Poetry

Hope, This Morning's Dream

Kay Goldstein | Posted 05.28.2009 | Living

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Kay Goldstein

Hope does not wait for a sign./ Hope is the sign:/ Beckon courage./ Soothe fear./ Kindle passion./ Build resolve./ Gather every soul/ until we are a million strong,/ until we are enough.

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A Poet at the Inauguration

Steven G. Kellman | Posted 01.23.2009 | Politics

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Steven G. Kellman

Has poetry -- like the environment, health care, disarmament, and civil liberties - become a Democratic monopoly?

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George Washington In Love: The Poetry Of American Presidents

John Lundberg | Posted 03.28.2008 | Living

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John Lundberg

I have a hard time imagining our forefathers looking anything but classically posed and noble, so when I discovered that the Library of Congress has...

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Presidents and Poetry

More | Ariel Ramchandani | Posted 03.28.2008 | Living

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What is the relationship between poetry and the American presidency? According to the Library of Congress (or at least its website), the bond is stron...

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