Elizabeth Alexander Inaugural Poem: "Praise Song for the Day" 1/20/09

[anegassi]

I remember watching this live and thinking what the fuuuuuuuck...

[Caine1358]

And this is why poets always get a bad rep....What a disgrace.

[kourosh89]

laughing my ass off

[kobold565]

What did I just watch?

[DonTDodson]

She is saying a series of words, each unconnected to the others.

[DylanHopo]

Where the hell is the emotion! Maya Angelou could moving you by just sating "the", this women is just talking...

[imatwatinlove]

What a load of shit, Edgar Allen Poe must be turning in his grave. 

[spidamantruck]

@imatwatinlove maybe Whitman is turning in his grave, but I am not sure that Poe had the capacity to recognize bad poetry (his own poetry being the evidence of this claim)

[Firewolf23]

This is what happens when you try to channel Maya Angelou, but lack, you know, any semblance of talent or poetry writing/recitation skill.

[chuFFisTwo]

she's the crappiest poet i've ever heard. ever.

[Beethovens7th]

This is not a poem.