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Richard Blanco, Obama’s Historic Inauguration Poet

‘One Today’

Hispanic, openly gay, and the youngest inauguration poet ever, Richard Blanco made a mark on Monday’s inauguration ceremony with his poem ‘One Today.’ David Freedlander on why it soared.

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