Raw Video: Poet Alexander at Inauguration

[crazedbunny471]

wth is a sharp sparkle?

[TheDartFart]

i dont think this is supposed to be a poem.?

[agnethasman]

fuck

[qualqui]

zzzzzzzzzzzzz.......

[south0park04ever1]

the poem is so awful ... she literally just reads the words! No feeling!

[littletugartbug]

You would think a poet would read her own poem with a bit more passion. She read it like she didn't even know the meaning behind her own words.

[weedmuffins]

That was painful to listen to. It's as if every word has a period in between them.

This.Poem.Sucks.

[alphaubertuber]

Ive heard better poems from first graders she doesn't even know the poem you can see her pause to flip the page. I have nothing against poetry but that was terrible. She could ruin a cat in the hat book judging by the way she butchered that poem.

[BinkieMcFartnuggets]

Someone from Def Poetry was supposed to run on stage, smash her over the head with a chair, and read a real poem, but this woman made him fall asleep and he missed his cue.

[jamesbarnett77]

this poem it shit u wont find shit like this anywhere else

[Suwai0303]

Was that Chris Brown next to Michelle??? Lol jk :) Obama woo!

[Tick782]

very soothing

[DarkSwarm]

I'm glad I got to watch this video online instead of being there. I got to see Obama being sworn in, and halfway through this poem, I was able to just close it out. :)

[tessahcamille]

oh godddd. I can't stand to hear her read this poem. I love poetry, and I thought that reading this- it would have been such a good poem. But the way she read it, her... articulation, was so distracting from this poem. I really mean that. It. Was. So. Choppy. No flow, no rhythmic pattern to the way this was read, and I believe it took away from the poem, a lot.

[theatrebritty]

Oy...sitting in school watching it I most definitely tuned a lot of this out....

The poem has a great meaning, but her tone and the pauses were making me crazy.

And that "Green Eggs and Ham" comment was fantastic! :)

[superchickenbob]

Where is the guy that did the yellow mellow, redman be ahead man, brown can be around. That was pure poetry.

This was ok except for it is too slow.

[VENGANlife510]

i dont get this poem

lol

[HuntersX2NCreations]

All of you commenting on this page with your negativity, you are all rude and ignorant. Someone gives a speech about life and what we and our mothers and fathers went through and you say you don't care. You will one day eat your ignorance for God is against you.

[kinotgell]

Oh the irony. God doesn't exist. You are ignorant.

[HuntersX2NCreations]

all I have t osay t oyou is hahaha someone fooled you.

[1chichimec1]

booooring! somthing bush era!

[alanas1100]

lol i wanna print this poem

[jadedkiwi23]

Yes. It. Is. Very. Choppy. And. Word. For. Word. Haha!

[troygtf]

LMFAO! I love the part where she says "OR NOT". What the shit was this lady trying to say? The first half makes no sense at all! I find it hilarious that this was watched across the world!

[sasuke141]

The poem in my opinion was rather bland :/ The way she read it just made me wanna stop listening.

[Celips777]

Terrible. She dosen't seem to have the faintest idea how to read poetry. The poem itself was almost as bad as her reading.

[aha45]

awkward

[dbeezycentex]

nnnnnnnnnnnaaaaaaaa someone give this bitch a pink sock

[joealarmguy]

foz89 rules..........rrrrrrrrraaaaaa­aamoooone get this cunt a dr suess book!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[maestoso47]

This poem was beautiful, it really brought the event to a close! Thank you Elizabeth Alexander!

[xXxFavelaxXx]

She talks like that woman from portal

[RainDropsOfLove]

wow that's awesome.

the words were.. true. Obama's speech was fantastic.

[ShawnyMartin]

michelle obama: tell this white bitch to shut ha ass up we dont be understandin them big words and sheeit

[ralusek]

LOL. in the middle of such a nice ceremony otherwise. i almost shit myself when i saw this on TV

[Oilwellian]

Ms. Alexander's words were stunning.

[mymatemartin]

Yep her words were stunning. Everyone was stunned that such a load of rubbish could be foisted upon the world at such a moment.

[sosouthernsofreaky]

LOL

[raullyral]

I don't get it...where's a sniper when you need one...

[T9Trix]

lol

[vextrem]

is this a speech or a poem? even Dr.king's speech was a better poem.

[harrycarrysghost]

Green Eggs & Ham...sam I am! Green Shoe, Blue Shoe, I love shoe! Come to the light? The light? National light? Praise Ronald McDonald for walking towards that light!

[Shcoberiferus]

you are the best person.. I have ever seen

[DyNaMiiCz]

wow this is so bullshit. it sounds like she pulled it outta her ass at the last minute.

[CoreyTHS09]

wow you suck.

[vicburk]

A beautiful poem! for a beautiful event!

Thank you!

[Jkokotek55]

Oh my good god that was awful.

[hallnoat]

why couldn't someone throw a shoe at her?

[Rupeandemma]

Thanks for the laugh.

I bet she wouldn't duck as good as ole George did.

THATS a POEM?

lol

[vent5]

God that sucked.

[firegeek22]

Haha! I know what the fuck it didn't even rhyme.

[tomek200]

I seriously hate poems.

Not just this one, but all of them.

[lilmszcutiepie301]

....

[MajinKoenma]

That seriously sucked.

[xlioilx]

wow that shit didn't even rhyme what a horrible poem

[martzboy]

It was more of a message than a poem. Poems don't have to rhyme.

[xlioilx]

"Poems don't have to rhyme"

Those kinds of poems suck! Its like hip hop music where the dude is just talking to a beat it screams NO TALENT! since they cant even rhyme LOL

[martzboy]

i know this poem wasn't well appreciated, but it had a message.

[lil7upboy]

you have no depth at all. its like saying a girl sucks if she doesnt have blond hair.

[xlioilx]

her poem is bland sorry its not even really a poem shes just talking with really horrible grammar

[lil7upboy]

yeah i agree. im just pointing out that ignorance is bad -.-. her grammar is alright, but the content was mediocre and her reading was very awkward

[xlioilx]

its horrible =/

[MessaicComic]

She might not be the best orator, but she has a message. And I find it laughable that you who can't even spell or use proper grammer are trying to mock her.

"Obama should have picked someone else much much deserving. "

"say it plane"

this was pretty awful"

[ralusek]

just pointing out that "grammer" is actually spelled "grammar." i never miss a chance at irony. unfortunately, you made a post of pointing out others' spelling errors...so here comes the karma train

[MessaicComic]

Well, just pointing out that you didn't capitalize anything at the beginning of your sentences. And "i" is supposed to be capitalized.

So where is this karma train?

[slipknotmaggot1234]

You grammar nazi!!!

[CelphaFiael]

It's no wonder this society doesn't respect poets.

[trinitymike]

Wow, this was bad

[wiimakevideosforlif3]

that fucking sucked

[danayaulove]

i love poetry

but that was mighty boring...

[ronjonss04]

lmfao

[rendesvouz21]

Her poetry is very very bland and horrendous. I was disappointed... Obama should have picked someone else much much deserving.

[ebilgreby]

This lady is as vile as they come! disgusting poems.... read some of her work, she is a hack job and a racist to boot! Sad day for America today! If ya ask me! sure half of the folk are happy today! give em a year and lets see if they are still filled with hope! my guess is they will be filled with rage and mabye some rice and beans

[rendesvouz21]

I can write better poetry than that bland bish

[xlioilx]

Lol I was thinking my 7year old could write a better poem then this

[Spring8004]

What rubbish, is that what you call poetree?

[marniespeaks]

"say it plane"

this was pretty awful

[stoney490]

Is it just me or did that suck?

[rendesvouz21]

Its not just you.... it did suck SOOOO bad.

Its like 3rd grade poetry

[uy5t7]

this is so annoying. she has a weird voice

[erikr4]

god this was annoying.....

[MisterBib16]

she sucked

[CityofDestiny]

Touching...Moving...Appropriat­e...Timely!

Thank you for posting.