This is an excerpt. Read the whole poem at Starting Today: poems for the first 100 days.
Day #14: Cornelius Eady
Praise for The Inaugural Poet, January, 2009
Perhaps it’s an impossible task
On an impossible day. A young poet
Fixes her gaze along the plaza,
Looks at this latest version of America in the eyes,
Looks in the camera at all the places we’ve touched
Or torched.
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Love this poetic shout-out from Cornelius to Elizabeth.
5 comments:
Yes!
I'm a huge Eady fan. Thanks.
YES! Love it!
LOVE IT! I sucked in my breath when I read that, it was so perfect.
I love this poem that you called our attention to--thanks for that!
My pleasure, Kristin. It's one of those poems that should be read by more people.
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