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To: E. Charters who wrote (3373)	1/26/2009 9:53:06 AM
From: joseffy	Respond to of 3744

" Beat the Press it should be called. " Presently it is called "MEET THE DEPRESSED."

To: E. Charters who wrote (3373)	1/26/2009 10:17:41 AM
From: joseffy	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 3744

At least great literature is not dead. Here is the poem by Elizabeth Alexander which she read at the recent Inauguration: TEXT Of ELIZABETH ALEXANDER'S INAUGURAL POEM : Each day we go about our business, walking past each other, catching each other’s eyes or not, about to speak or speaking. All about us is noise. All about us is noise and bramble, thorn and din, each one of our ancestors on our tongues. Someone is stitching up a hem, darning a hole in a uniform, patching a tire, repairing the things in need of repair. Someone is trying to make music somewhere, with a pair of wooden spoons on an oil drum, with cello, boom box, harmonica, voice. A woman and her son wait for the bus. A farmer considers the changing sky. A teacher says, Take out your pencils. Begin. We encounter each other in words, words spiny or smooth, whispered or declaimed, words to consider, reconsider. We cross dirt roads and highways that mark the will of some one and then others, who said I need to see what’s on the other side. I know there’s something better down the road. We need to find a place where we are safe. We walk into that which we cannot yet see. Say it plain: that many have died for this day. Sing the names of the dead who brought us here, who laid the train tracks, raised the bridges, picked the cotton and the lettuce, built brick by brick the glittering edifices they would then keep clean and work inside of. Praise song for struggle, praise song for the day. Praise song for every hand-lettered sign, the figuring-it-out at kitchen tables. Some live by love thy neighbor as thyself, others by first do no harm or take no more than you need. What if the mightiest word is love? Love beyond marital, filial, national, love that casts a widening pool of light, love with no need to pre-empt grievance. In today’s sharp sparkle, this winter air, any thing can be made, any sentence begun. On the brink, on the brim, on the cusp, praise song for walking forward in that light. ____________________________________________________ You can't tell me you don't come away INSPIRED after reading that. (There are those who think this inspired creation will cause a revival of 'poetry.') I am sure you are not surprised that she has been called "a true people's poet". guardian.co.uk