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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 [[iambic pentameter]] stanza form."<ref>[[Ken Tucker]], [http://watching-tv.ew.com/2013/01/21/inaugural-richard-blanco/# "Poetry at the Presidential inauguration: The Richard Blanco poem 'One Today,' its form and meaning"]</ref>
'''One Today''' is a poem by United States Inaugural Poet [[Richard Blanco]]. It was recited at [[Second inauguration of Barack Obama|President Barack Obama's second inauguration]].

[[Ken Tucker]] described the poem as "a fine example of public poetry, in keeping with Blanco’s other work: Loose, open lines of mostly conversational verse, a flexible iambic pentameter stanza form."<ref>[http://watching-tv.ew.com/2013/01/21/inaugural-richard-blanco/# "Poetry at the Presidential inauguration: The Richard Blanco poem 'One Today,' its form and meaning"]</ref>

==See also==
*[[Iambic pentameter]]


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 21:51, 28 January 2013

"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 iambic pentameter stanza form."[1]

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