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Uploaded by on Jan 13, 2009

CBS News RAW: Poet Elizabeth Alexander talks about the significance of President-elect Barack Obama's inauguration and staying calm while preparing a poem to commemorate the day. Byron Pitts reports.

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  • What a talented woman. she is a good example for millions of people

  • Ladies and Gentlemen, if bad poetry is historic, then this is, indeed, one for the ages.

  • i love all the haters and "literary critics" on here. i'm sure that when you become the u.s. inaugural poet you will do so much better. no? then i suppose better for you to just troll youtube where you can anonymously hate on other people who have the intelligence to use their god given voice and talent to serve all citizens.

  • Her poem was beautiful and powerful; at least to me.

  • Her poem has set the civil rights movement back to "The Birth Of A Nation" era!

  • this is what our educational system is producing...to then teach others to be this mindless??? SAD!

  • WOW!!! Epic fail...

  • That was a poem!?!. My sister and I were rolling on the floor laughing. As Rush Limbaugh said, it was a bunch of gobledy-gook.

  • i wish i could have read a poem i read. this poem was terrible

  • holy FUCK this was the worst poem EVER!

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