Today, Richard Blanco became the fifth poet to read at the inauguration of a United States president.
Blanco, the first Latino, openly gay and youngest poet to receive the honor, wrote “One Today,” for the occasion. (For a bit of background, you can listen to his Morning Edition interview.)
Atop this post is video of Blanco reading the poem and the full text follows:
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