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
I don't know what a faggot means, really; don't even know about sex yet. All I know is she's talking about me, me; and whatever I am, is terrible, very terrible.
Inaugural poet Richard Blanco read his poem "One Today" at the swearing-in ceremony for President Obama. Here is the full text of the poem as written. "One Today". One sun rose on us today, kindled over our coast, peeking over the Smokies, greeting
Richard Blanco became the fifth poet to read at a Presidential inauguration today. Advance publicity about the scale of Blanco emphasized that he was the youngest, initially Latino, openly gay poet to act as an inaugural poet.
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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