I very much like the poem, so I’m hopeful that she’ll rise to the occasion. (On her events link, for January 20, she modestly notes: “Barack Obama’s inagural poet, Washington, D.C.”)Īnd scroll to the bottom of my post to read a poem that the Washington Post ran (with, I might add, totally messed up linebreaks…ugh). I read about the announcement here in the Washington Post, and here’s Elizabeth Alexander’s web site. Of course, that means she’ll have to write it first…can you imagine the pressure? This is a hard time of year to focus on writing, and suddenly you’re required to come up with something brilliant, accessible, and perfect that will make people cry….or at least not make other writers cringe in embarrassment. It was announced that poet Elizabeth Alexander will be reading a poem at the inauguration. So I won’t be posting for at least a week, possibly longer-possibly not until next year! Hope you have a lovely holiday season, safe travels, and a happy 2009! Plus, I believe that driving in this case is greener than flying? In any event, nothing could entice me to fight the “festive” hordes at the airport. Driving takes forever, but at least no one charges us for excessive luggage or makes us remove our “suspicious” shoes no seatbacks whacking our knees and faces. I’m winding things up here, getting ready for the loooong drive back to the heartland.
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