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One Today" is a poem by Richard Blanco first recited at the second inauguration of Barack Obama, making Blanco the fifth poet to read during a United States presidential inauguration. "One Today" was called "a fine example of public poetry, in keeping with Blanco’s other work: Loose, open lines of mostly conversational verse, a flexible ...
Richard Blanco (born February 15, 1968) is an American poet, public speaker, author, playwright, and civil engineer.He is the fifth poet to read at a United States presidential inauguration, having read the poem "One Today" for Barack Obama's second inauguration.
Second inauguration of Bill Clinton (1997): Miller Williams read his poem "Of History and Hope" [53] First inauguration of Barack Obama (2009): Elizabeth Alexander read her poem "Praise Song for the Day" [54] Second inauguration of Barack Obama (2013): Richard Blanco read his poem "One Today" [55]
On Tuesday, Poet and activist Amanda Gorman shared a moving poem on Twitter in the wake of a mass shooting in Uvalde, Texas, that has left at least 19 students and two adults dead.
William Hughes Mearns (1875–1965), better known as Hughes Mearns, was an American educator and poet.A graduate of Harvard University and the University of Pennsylvania, Mearns was a professor at the Philadelphia School of Pedagogy from 1905 to 1920.
The poem is used in Stan Dane's book, Prayer Man: The Exoneration of Lee Harvey Oswald, to allude to research that Lee Harvey Oswald was the man standing on the front steps of the Texas School Book Depository and termed the "prayer man", as filmed by Dave Wiegman of NBC-TV and Jimmy Darnell of WBAP-TV during the assassination of United States ...
Naomi Shihab Nye (Arabic: نعومي شهاب ناي; born March 12, 1952) is an Arab American poet, editor, songwriter, and novelist.Born to a Palestinian father and an American mother, she began composing her first poetry at the age of six.
The poem "Keys" (also titled "Today") is one of her most widely-published. It often appeared in periodicals and self-help books. [9] [10] I’ve shut the door on Yesterday, Its sorrows and mistakes; I’ve locked within its gloomy walls Past failures and heartaches. And now I throw the key away To seek another room, And furnish it with hope and ...