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Who fails to consider the/Flim and flam of the world

Friday, February 12, 2010

Barack Obama’s undergraduate poetry is pretty weird, but not bad, and if nothing else better than Jimmy Carter’s. (via, which includes lots of other poems by heads of state)

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just watch me

Friday, June 12, 2009

In a friends-locked livejournal entry from a year ago, I wrote: “I just figured out what it is I like about Barack Obama. He reminds me of Trudeau. I’m not talking about politics at all. I don’t think Obama is going to bring an October Crisis to America (oh, wait! we’ve already got one!) or [...]

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I guess it’s because I just love… owls.

Wednesday, May 20, 2009

Craig Ferguson talks about poetry (bit starts around 1:51) & does Edward Lear in response to the first White House poetry night.

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In the next hundred days, I will strongly consider losing my cool.

Sunday, May 10, 2009

President Barack Obama is funny (via MeFi).

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We can have this national conversation about poetry and it won’t hurt a bit.

Saturday, January 31, 2009

Baltimore Sun interview with Elizabeth Alexander, on her inaugural poem “Praise Song for the Day.”

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Poems aren’t true, are they?

Saturday, January 24, 2009

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the Prime Minister appearing in your window

Tuesday, January 20, 2009

Kate Beaton on what Obama means to Canada.

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Inaugural poems

Monday, January 19, 2009

An interview with Elizabeth Alexander, who will recite her poem after President Obama’s inaugural address tomorrow. ETA: Here is the text of the poem. Jim Fisher at Salon.com on the history of inaugural and occasional poetry. Elitist Obama Inaugural Will Feature Poetry (via) 1000 inaugural poets project Former inaugural poems: Robert Frost’s rather Eurocentric “The [...]

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love, love, love,/and I’m sorry the dog died

Sunday, January 18, 2009

Elizabeth Alexander, who will be reading a poem at the Inauguration on Tuesday, reads “Ars Poetica #92: Marcus Garvey on Elocution” and “Ars Poetica #100: I Believe” from American Sublime.

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