Inaugural Poetry 2009 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=99468172&ft=1&f=99468172 We've commissioned some of the nation's most renowned poets to write their own inaugural poems. The real inaugural poems have usually been serious and sweeping affairs. But not so for our exercise. From lyrics to limericks, raps to rhymes, our poets express what the inauguration means to them-- in verse. en Copyright 2013 NPR - For Personal Use Only NPR API RSS Generator 0.94 Mon, 19 Jan 2009 10:48:00 -0500 http://media.npr.org/images/npr_news_123x20.gif Inaugural Poetry 2009 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=99468172&ft=1&f=99468172 All The Love For The President-Elect For poet Suzan-Lori Parks, the change Obama will bring is more than institutional — it's personal. From loving her neighbor to trying to go green, Parks "sings a litte something" about what his inauguration means to her. Mon, 19 Jan 2009 10:48:00 -0500 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=99457225&ft=1&f=99468172 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=99457225&ft=1&f=99468172 For poet Suzan-Lori Parks, the change Obama will bring is more than institutional — it's personal. From loving her neighbor to trying to go green, Parks "sings a litte something" about what his inauguration means to her.

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]]> Why Barack is 'Ours' Thousands of people will be present at Obama's inauguration, but millions more won't. Gayle Danley pays tribute to her Aunt Ruth, who, though she won't be present on Tuesday, was just one of the people who made sure that Obama is there himself. Mon, 19 Jan 2009 13:23:00 -0500 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=99557316&ft=1&f=99468172 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=99557316&ft=1&f=99468172 Thousands of people will be present at Obama's inauguration, but millions more won't. Gayle Danley pays tribute to her Aunt Ruth, who, though she won't be present on Tuesday, was just one of the people who made sure that Obama is there himself.

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]]> Yes We Can, Yes We Can, Yes We Can! Why just write a poem when you can rap a poem? Nikki Giovanni has written an inaugural rap — one she says President-elect Barack Obama might deliver himself. Mon, 12 Jan 2009 16:45:00 -0500 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=99264347&ft=1&f=99468172 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=99264347&ft=1&f=99468172 Why just write a poem when you can rap a poem? Nikki Giovanni has written an inaugural rap — one she says President-elect Barack Obama might deliver himself.

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]]> Inauguration Day: Hooray, Hooray! To Calvin Trillin, inauguration is the day the nation's hopes go on display. If all goes well, he notes, we'll rise up like a good souffle-- 'til life's just like a cabaret! Mon, 12 Jan 2009 16:07:00 -0500 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=99163049&ft=1&f=99468172 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=99163049&ft=1&f=99468172 To Calvin Trillin, inauguration is the day the nation's hopes go on display. If all goes well, he notes, we'll rise up like a good souffle-- 'til life's just like a cabaret!

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