Thursday, January 24, 2013

Hey, isn't that. . .?: MC Hammer, Richard Blanco, Dikembe Mutumbo

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Hey, isn't that. . .?: MC Hammer, Richard Blanco, Dikembe Mutumbo

WASHINGTON — Poet Richard Blanco has delivered an inaugural poem paying homage to the American experience. Blanco, at age 44 the youngest ever inaugural poet, recited a poem that painted vivid scenes about America and built-in reflections on his

Richard Blanco became the fifth poet to look into at a Presidential inauguration today. Advance publicity about the choice of Blanco emphasized that he was the youngest, first Latino, openly gay poet to act as an inaugural poet.

One sun rose on us today, kindled over our shores, / peeking over the Smokies, greeting the faces / of the Fantastic Lakes, spreading a simple truth / across the Fantastic Plains, then charging across the Rockies. / One light, waking

Richard Blanco became the fifth poet to look into at a Presidential inauguration today. Advance publicity about the choice of Blanco emphasized that he was the youngest, first Latino, openly gay poet to act as an inaugural poet.

For too long, there has only been one public translation of the tale – triumphalist, white male," poet Sarah Browning, who met Blanco at The Writer's Center, told The Washingon Blade. "By choosing Richard Blanco – queer and Latino — Head Obama

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