Inaugural Poem: "Praise Song for the Day"

The Obama White House · 88K views · 2009 · 4:10

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A celebrated inaugural poem recited by Elizabeth Alexander at Barack Obama's 2009 presidential inauguration.

Linked by 11 independent sites, 3 of them widely read in the 2026-10 crawl of the open web, including poets.org, hypothes.is, online.de, ktvh.com, berkshiretheatregroup.org.