Inaugural Poet Richard Blanco read his poem “One Today” at the ceremonial swearing-in ceremony of President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden Monday morning.
The engineer/poet painted picture of America and included his experiences growing up in Miami and New York.
Editor's note: Richard Blanco, a poet and teacher, was chosen to be the nation's fifth inaugural poet. He is the author of the collections of poetry "City of a Hundred Fires," "Directions to the Beach of the Exhausted," "Place of Mind," and "Looking for the
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