Inaugural Poet Richard Blanco read his poem “One Today” at the ceremonial swearing-in ceremony of President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden Monday morning.
Richard Blanco delivers his poem One Day at President Barack Obama's second inaugural.
The title poem of Richard Blanco's 2012 book of poetry, Looking for the Gulf Motel, is a poignantly evocative work about the memory of family. But its refrain — “There should be nothing here I don't remember” — suggests more than Blanco probably
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Richard Blanco's mother was seven months pregnant with him when the family arrived in Spain from Cuba in the late 1960s. According to his website, 45 days after Blanco was born, the family moved to the United State and eventually settled in Miami.
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