Each day we go about our business, walking past each other, catching each others' eyes or not, about to speak or speaking. All about us is noise. All about us is noise and bramble, thorn and din, each ...

Elizabeth Alexander had some tough competition for her inaugural poem, “Praise Song for the Day.” It was just one part of an almost overwhelming multimedia cavalcade of aesthetic, rhetorical, ...

and blessed are those who listen to this prophetic message and heed what is written in it, for the appointed time is near.” “Praise Song for the Day” is a poem written by Elizabeth Alexander and ...

The following is Elizabeth Alexander's inaugural poem, "Praise Song for the Day" as transcribed by Federal News Service. Praise song for the day. Each day we go about our business, walking past each ...

I have to ask: what did you think of the inaugural poem “Praise Song for the Day” by Yale professor and poet Elizabeth Alexander? We’ve been arguing about it most of the day, and I want to throw the ...

Following is a transcript of the inaugural poem recited by Elizabeth Alexander: Praise song for the day. Each day we go about our business, walking past each other, catching each others’ eyes or not, ...

Praise Song for the Day: A Poem for Barack Obama’s Presidential Inauguration (Graywolf); American Sublime (Graywolf) When Elizabeth Alexander presented Barack Obama's inaugural poem, few of us had ...