Richard Blanco
1) One today
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 22 x 27 cm
Description
One Today is a poem celebrating America. President Barack Obama invited Richard Blaco to write a poem to share at his second presidential inauguration. That poem is One Today, a lush and lyrical, patriotic commemoration of America from dawn to dusk and from coast to coast. Brought to life here by beloved, award-winning artist Dav Pilkey, One Today is a tribute to a nation where the extraordinary happens every single day. -- ǂc From dust jacket.
Author
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
iii, 80 pages ; 23 cm
Description
"The diverse poems in this collection form a mosaic of seemingly varied topics: the Pulse Nightclub massacre; an unexpected encounter on a visit to Cuba; the forced exile of 8,500 Navajos in 1868; the arrival of a young Chinese woman at Angel Island in 1938; the incarceration of a gifted writer; and the poet's abiding love for his partner, who he is finally allowed to wed. But despite each poem's unique subject matter or occasion, all are fundamentally...