A poetry-free presidency

The lack of a poet at Bush’s Inauguration is a bleak omen of his administration’s attitude toward culture — but then again, what poet would agree to appear? … Think of Robert Frost reciting „The Gift Outright“ from memory at JFK’s Inauguration on Jan. 20, 1961. How remarkable that was… 
By David Lehman / Salon.com 19.1.01

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