<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:blogger='http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005" xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8961988473480266718</id><updated>2024-10-06T23:15:13.269-07:00</updated><category term="inaugural poems"/><category term="Maya Angelou"/><category term="The Audacity of Hope"/><category term="elizabeth alexander&#39;s Praise Song for the Day"/><category term="Dreams from my Father"/><category term="Jesse Jackson cried"/><category term="Miller Williams"/><category term="Obama Poetry of Change"/><category term="barack obama inauguration"/><category term="bill clinton"/><category term="elizabeth alexander"/><category term="elizabeth alexander books"/><category term="event poem"/><category term="justpublished4you"/><category term="justpublishedbooks"/><category term="oprah cried"/><category term="robert frost"/><category term="rosa parks poetry"/><category term="young man"/><category term="American Sublime"/><category term="Antebellum Dream Book"/><category term="Body of Life"/><category term="Cave Canem poetry"/><category term="Change we Need and Have"/><category term="Dance"/><category term="Daniel Goleman"/><category term="Eat"/><category term="Elizabeth Alexander books on Amazon.com"/><category term="Fresno State Diamond"/><category term="Go West:  Shop"/><category term="Harmony"/><category term="Inaugural Poet"/><category term="Inauguration video"/><category term="Inquiry into Daniel Goleman&#39;s Social Intelligence"/><category term="John F. 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Poetry and Song Lyrics Book for $5.00 now


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Here is a sample of this poetry book:

This poem was written by the author of &quot;...Soaring on Wings Like Eagles..,&quot; &quot;Freedom Rides to sweet Magnolia..,&quot;

A Dream Deferred
Debt is slavery! 
Its yoke the 99% is ready to break once for all
People not Profits! Down with </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8961988473480266718/posts/default/4147519377240193773'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8961988473480266718/posts/default/4147519377240193773'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://poetrybusiness.blogspot.com/2011/10/rise-of-99-book-of-poetry-on.html' title='The Rise of the 99% :  a book of poetry on OccupyWallStreet Movement'/><author><name>Nelson Mandela - Poems for Tata</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09083093440236872802</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8961988473480266718.post-8675935584715687646</id><published>2011-05-24T08:18:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2011-05-24T08:18:15.965-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="freedom rides to sweet magnolia: eyes on the prize"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="nelson mandela poems"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="oprah poems"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="rosa parks poetry"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="why I got on the bus"/><title type='text'>New Book of Poetry on the Freedom Riders:  &quot;Freedom Rides to Sweet Magnolia</title><summary type="text">Freedom Rides to Sweet Magnolia: Eyes on the Prize - Why I Got on The Bus
A Booklet of Poetry on the Men, Women, -Black as Well as White, 
Young as Well as Old- Who Boarded Buses To Protest and End
Discriminatory Practices in the U.S.A.

Purchase it now at Smashwords with this coupon:  WS42T



Purchase your copy of &quot;Freedom Rides to Sweet Magnolia: Eyes on the Prize - Why I Got on the Bus&quot; from </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8961988473480266718/posts/default/8675935584715687646'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8961988473480266718/posts/default/8675935584715687646'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://poetrybusiness.blogspot.com/2011/05/new-book-of-poetry-on-freedom-riders.html' title='New Book of Poetry on the Freedom Riders:  &quot;Freedom Rides to Sweet Magnolia'/><author><name>Nelson Mandela - Poems for Tata</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09083093440236872802</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkLaWQoFTsY7Fh8w0IuoI4PhcBJTqNCAC4Ki4NnDwHV3k2xSunE-Ek8Bw50L712wpBETMYUoxddg6VHZNOgG7JPRHdVqGzknbdnG6JCd6vjTd8b43D8F1W5Ngk-AclKCUvbpVrNOvt3rc/s72-c/freedomridestosweetmagnolia-pic.jpg" height="72" width="72"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8961988473480266718.post-5064960293776991364</id><published>2009-06-07T19:39:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-06-07T19:42:40.560-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="evers"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Medgar Evers"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Rosa Parks new book"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="smashwords books"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Witnessing Rosa Parks on the Bus book"/><title type='text'>Buy This New Book, &quot;Witnessing Rosa Parks on the Bus&quot; Now</title><summary type="text">You have been reading the poems on this site.  Now you can buy new and old poems by the same author at smashwords.comEnjoy this new book, &quot;Witnessing Rosa Parks on the Bus&quot; now</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8961988473480266718/posts/default/5064960293776991364'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8961988473480266718/posts/default/5064960293776991364'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://poetrybusiness.blogspot.com/2009/06/buy-this-new-book-witnessing-rosa-parks.html' title='Buy This New Book, &quot;Witnessing Rosa Parks on the Bus&quot; Now'/><author><name>Nelson Mandela - Poems for Tata</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09083093440236872802</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8961988473480266718.post-3719674966957315768</id><published>2009-01-22T09:41:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-01-22T09:50:17.117-08:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="alexander&#39;s bad inauguration poem"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="dexter Jakes"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="inauguration bad poem"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="obama elizabeth bad poem"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="obama poem"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="poetrybusinessblog"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="star wars"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="T.D. Jakes &quot;May the force be with you&quot;"/><title type='text'>Inauguration Worship by T. D. Jakes: Rev. T.D. Jakes Lessons, &quot;May The Force Be With You&quot;</title><summary type="text">Let&#39;s clear it up first, &quot;May The Force Be With You&quot; is from Star Wars.The pastor of a &quot;The Potter&#39;s House&quot; in Dallas, mixed up &quot;Star Wars&quot; and &quot;Star Trek&quot; while making a point during the service at St. John&#39;s Church across from the White House. He said his 14-year-old son Dexter would reference &quot;Star Trek&quot; instead of scripture by saying &#39;May the force be with you&#39; which actually is from &quot;Star </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8961988473480266718/posts/default/3719674966957315768'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8961988473480266718/posts/default/3719674966957315768'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://poetrybusiness.blogspot.com/2009/01/inauguration-worship-by-t-d-jakes-rev.html' title='Inauguration Worship by T. D. Jakes: Rev. T.D. Jakes Lessons, &quot;May The Force Be With You&quot;'/><author><name>Nelson Mandela - Poems for Tata</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09083093440236872802</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8961988473480266718.post-1292561812187563558</id><published>2009-01-21T09:11:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-01-21T09:20:57.674-08:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="martin luther king poetry"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="rosa parks poetry"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="rosa parks stood up"/><title type='text'>105-year-old Ella Mae Johnson at The National Mall:  Witness of Rosa Parks&#39;s Spirit</title><summary type="text">Ella Mae Johnson and Rosa Parks&#39;s SpiritThough old and frail, she stood up and made her last march on WashingtonElla Mae Johnson was not afraid of the cold winter dayHer sight was on the White House, soon to be occupied by the First CoupleShe wanted to witness history one more timeElla witnessed men and women who stood up to fight for others&#39; rightsToo happy and too proud to feel the cold this </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8961988473480266718/posts/default/1292561812187563558'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8961988473480266718/posts/default/1292561812187563558'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://poetrybusiness.blogspot.com/2009/01/105-year-old-ella-mae-johnson-at.html' title='105-year-old Ella Mae Johnson at The National Mall:  Witness of Rosa Parks&#39;s Spirit'/><author><name>Nelson Mandela - Poems for Tata</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09083093440236872802</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8961988473480266718.post-9165119345284780259</id><published>2009-01-21T08:56:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-01-21T08:58:49.718-08:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="bill clinton"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="John F. Kennedy"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Maya Angelou"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Miller Williams"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Obama merchandising"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Obama speeches"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="robert frost"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Yes we can learn english"/><title type='text'>Inaugural Poems:  Excerpts from former Inauguration Day poems</title><summary type="text">Excerpts from former Inauguration Day poemsThe Gift Outright, for John F. Kennedy, 1961, by Robert FrostThe land was ours before we were the land&#39;s.She was our land more than a hundred yearsBefore we were her people. She was oursIn Massachusetts, in Virginia,But we were England&#39;s, still colonials...(NB from the poem Frost recited from memory, not the one he had written for the occasion)On the </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8961988473480266718/posts/default/9165119345284780259'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8961988473480266718/posts/default/9165119345284780259'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://poetrybusiness.blogspot.com/2009/01/inaugural-poems-excerpts-from-former.html' title='Inaugural Poems:  Excerpts from former Inauguration Day poems'/><author><name>Nelson Mandela - Poems for Tata</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09083093440236872802</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8961988473480266718.post-8321899866577884550</id><published>2009-01-20T23:24:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2009-01-20T23:26:03.945-08:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="elizabeth alexander&#39;s Praise Song for the Day"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="obama speech"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="poetry and culture with Obama"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="presidents&#39; speeches"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Rev. Joseph E. Lowery&#39;s benediction at Obama&#39;s Inauguration"/><title type='text'>Is Rev. Joseph E. Lowery&#39;s Inaugural Benediction Better Than Elizabeth Alexander&#39;s Praise Song for the Day?</title><summary type="text">God of our weary years, God of our silent tears, thou, who has brought us thus far along the way, thou, who has by thy might led us into the light, keep us forever in the path we pray, lest our feet stray from the places, our God, where we met thee, lest our hearts drunk with the wine of the world, we forget thee.Shadowed beneath thy hand, may we forever stand true to thee, oh God, and true to </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8961988473480266718/posts/default/8321899866577884550'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8961988473480266718/posts/default/8321899866577884550'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://poetrybusiness.blogspot.com/2009/01/is-rev-joseph-e-lowerys-inaugural.html' title='Is Rev. Joseph E. Lowery&#39;s Inaugural Benediction Better Than Elizabeth Alexander&#39;s Praise Song for the Day?'/><author><name>Nelson Mandela - Poems for Tata</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09083093440236872802</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8961988473480266718.post-4371548850333805998</id><published>2009-01-20T17:32:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-01-20T17:35:08.955-08:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="derek walcott&#39;s poem for Obama"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="elizabeth alexander&#39;s Praise Song for the Day"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="inaugural poems"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="West Indies Poet Laureate"/><title type='text'>Poem for Barack H. Obama from Derek Walcott</title><summary type="text">Derek Walcott Out of the turmoil emerges one emblem, an engraving — a young Negro at dawn in straw hat and overalls, an emblem of impossible prophecy, a crowd dividing like the furrow which a mule has ploughed, parting for their president: a field of snow-flecked cotton forty acres wide, of crows with predictable omens that the young ploughman ignores for his unforgotten cotton-haired ancestors, </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8961988473480266718/posts/default/4371548850333805998'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8961988473480266718/posts/default/4371548850333805998'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://poetrybusiness.blogspot.com/2009/01/poem-for-barack-h-obama-from-derek.html' title='Poem for Barack H. Obama from Derek Walcott'/><author><name>Nelson Mandela - Poems for Tata</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09083093440236872802</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8961988473480266718.post-2284970346970008462</id><published>2009-01-20T17:18:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-01-22T09:57:58.786-08:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="elizabeth alexander&#39;s Praise Song for the Day"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="inaugural poems"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Miller Williams"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Obama candy"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Obama inaugural poem"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Praise Song for the Day"/><title type='text'>Inaugural Poet Elizabeth Alexander&#39;s Poem, &quot;Praise Song for the Day&quot;</title><summary type="text">Praise song for the day.Each day we go about our business, walking past each other, catchingeach others&#39; eyes or not, about to speak or speaking. All about us isnoise. All about us is noise and bramble, thorn and din, each one ofour ancestors on our tongues. Someone is stitching up a hem, darning ahole in a uniform, patching a tire, repairing the things in need ofrepair.Someone is trying to make </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8961988473480266718/posts/default/2284970346970008462'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8961988473480266718/posts/default/2284970346970008462'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://poetrybusiness.blogspot.com/2009/01/inaugural-poet-elizabeth-alexanders.html' title='Inaugural Poet Elizabeth Alexander&#39;s Poem, &quot;Praise Song for the Day&quot;'/><author><name>Nelson Mandela - Poems for Tata</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09083093440236872802</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8961988473480266718.post-7536489277866910138</id><published>2009-01-18T23:51:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-01-18T23:58:23.735-08:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="American Sublime"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="and Power and Possibility"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Antebellum Dream Book"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Body of Life"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Cave Canem poetry"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Elizabeth Alexander books on Amazon.com"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="The Black Interior"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="The Venus Hottentot"/><title type='text'>Ms. Elizabeth Alexander&#39;s Books of Poetry Become Bestsellers on Amazon.com</title><summary type="text">Poetry finds its voice in this Yale University Professor who has been honored by President Barack Obama.  She has been a good servant of the craft for many years. she has been commissioned to write and deliver a poem during the inauguration.There is no doubt that her books are going to be purchased like hot potatoes on various web sites and in bookstores.  After reaching millions on January 20, </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8961988473480266718/posts/default/7536489277866910138'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8961988473480266718/posts/default/7536489277866910138'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://poetrybusiness.blogspot.com/2009/01/ms-elizabeth-alexanders-books-of-poetry.html' title='Ms. Elizabeth Alexander&#39;s Books of Poetry Become Bestsellers on Amazon.com'/><author><name>Nelson Mandela - Poems for Tata</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09083093440236872802</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8961988473480266718.post-4695357593140083442</id><published>2009-01-15T00:58:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-01-15T01:00:30.586-08:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="barack obama inauguration"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="inaugural balls"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="michelle Obama balls"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="nauguration Day Schedule"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Peach cobbler"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Wall Street Balls"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Washington balls"/><title type='text'>Barack Obama&#39;s Inauguration Day Schedule</title><summary type="text">Inauguration Day ScheduleEvents for Obama&#39;s Inaugural on Jan. 209 a.m.: Morning Worship Service10 a.m.: Procession to the Capitol11:15 a.m.: Vice President&#39;s Swearing-In Ceremony11:30 am: President&#39;s Swearing-In Ceremony,Noon: Obama&#39;s Inaugural Address1 p.m.: Departure of the Outgoing President1:30 p.m.: Inaugural Luncheon2:30 p.m.: Inaugural Parade7:30 p.m.: Inaugural Balls—All times EST and </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8961988473480266718/posts/default/4695357593140083442'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8961988473480266718/posts/default/4695357593140083442'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://poetrybusiness.blogspot.com/2009/01/barack-obamas-inauguration-day-schedule.html' title='Barack Obama&#39;s Inauguration Day Schedule'/><author><name>Nelson Mandela - Poems for Tata</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09083093440236872802</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8961988473480266718.post-8639642949790045865</id><published>2009-01-06T23:14:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-01-07T00:23:50.294-08:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="colin powell cries"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="oprah cries"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="rick warren cries"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="sidney poitier cries"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="t.d. jakes cries"/><title type='text'>Strong Men of Purpose: T.D. Jakes Cries over Obama&#39;s Inauguration. And So Does Rick Warren</title><summary type="text">Strong Men Who Cry Over the InaugurationColin Powell criesRick Warren CriesT.D. Jakes criesSidney Poitier criesCivil Rights Leaders CryOver the inauguration of Barack ObamaAs the 44th President of the United States of AmericaHip Hop artists cryMusicians and actors CryMothers and parents cryChildren cry over this moment in history</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8961988473480266718/posts/default/8639642949790045865'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8961988473480266718/posts/default/8639642949790045865'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://poetrybusiness.blogspot.com/2009/01/strong-men-of-purpose-td-jakes-cries.html' title='Strong Men of Purpose: T.D. Jakes Cries over Obama&#39;s Inauguration. And So Does Rick Warren'/><author><name>Nelson Mandela - Poems for Tata</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09083093440236872802</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8961988473480266718.post-2648440706162751255</id><published>2008-12-26T03:21:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-12-26T03:48:56.583-08:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="interviewing dogs"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="justpublished4you"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="justpublishedbooks"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Melissa Block"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="NPR"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="odes to Elizabeth Alexander"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="robert frost"/><title type='text'>Ode to Elizabeth Alexander, Barack Obama&#39;s Inauguration Poet (2008)</title><summary type="text">Ode to Elizabeth Alexander, (jjc-2008)Inaugural Poet, Barack Obama 2008First things first, congratulations on your selection!You deserve this great honor.  Your body of works is your proofYou are ready for the task.  All you have to do is to get it doneAre you scared?  How are you generating these great ideas for the occasion?You may not need my advice now.  It would send you all the way up to </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8961988473480266718/posts/default/2648440706162751255'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8961988473480266718/posts/default/2648440706162751255'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://poetrybusiness.blogspot.com/2008/12/ode-to-elizabeth-alexander-barack.html' title='Ode to Elizabeth Alexander, Barack Obama&#39;s Inauguration Poet (2008)'/><author><name>Nelson Mandela - Poems for Tata</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09083093440236872802</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6FLr4d0AOoL0fpcymfDDvqh8fn2wp3J4uOxlsm5CzH4CHpZxVbEeuHzdjYqItqDayfcjF5N0Oovhplf90kZQP8t8YfRungFszoN7UvsmLOqPw5ep8ZvFqjL81-zXjsAptLKp2j0FBSwIB/s72-c/goeapic.jpg" height="72" width="72"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8961988473480266718.post-8984209610048376601</id><published>2008-12-26T02:57:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-12-26T02:59:28.267-08:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="barack obama inauguration"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="bill clinton"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="elizabeth alexander"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Inauguration video"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Maya Angelou"/><title type='text'>Maya Angelou&#39;s Inauguration Poem Video for Bill Clinton in 1993</title><summary type="text"></summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8961988473480266718/posts/default/8984209610048376601'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8961988473480266718/posts/default/8984209610048376601'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://poetrybusiness.blogspot.com/2008/12/maya-angelous-inauguration-poem-video.html' title='Maya Angelou&#39;s Inauguration Poem Video for Bill Clinton in 1993'/><author><name>Nelson Mandela - Poems for Tata</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09083093440236872802</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8961988473480266718.post-608512409923324987</id><published>2008-12-26T02:33:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2008-12-26T02:43:45.847-08:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="elizabeth alexander"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="elizabeth alexander books"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="elizabeth alexander writings poet"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="elizabethalexander.net"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="event poem"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="obama inauguration"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="poem to thrill"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="poetry business"/><title type='text'>Yale Poet Elizabeth Alexander Prepares Poem To Read to Thrill at Obama Inauguration: Who is She?</title><summary type="text">What a great honor for this professor to be selected to read her own composition on January 20, 2009!  Her dream will finally come true.  Elizabeth Alexander, professor of African-American studies at Yale University, was chosen by President-elect Barack Obama to compose and read a poem for his inauguration on Jan. 20.&quot;I&#39;m completely thrilled and deeply, deeply honored,&quot; Alexander said </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8961988473480266718/posts/default/608512409923324987'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8961988473480266718/posts/default/608512409923324987'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://poetrybusiness.blogspot.com/2008/12/yale-poet-elizabeth-alexander-prepares.html' title='Yale Poet Elizabeth Alexander Prepares Poem To Read to Thrill at Obama Inauguration: Who is She?'/><author><name>Nelson Mandela - Poems for Tata</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09083093440236872802</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSBN_2zFIfSua0fDYhqoTmulZPp_kuqlmeWzBlriI5TDSYHeTVwV30n2660IKNg9jqKv2gDKHf9GCNmvd_v8gfX0e0DHVZPbQvBHqagQ1Q4tDj46bm1gu8coBdTDQ55CugGR3-D8o_8jxu/s72-c/eapoem.jpg" height="72" width="72"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8961988473480266718.post-7809276251658892565</id><published>2008-12-22T01:13:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-12-22T01:22:24.037-08:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="alexander"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Inaugural Poet"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="justpublished4you"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="justpublishedbooks"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Maya Angelou"/><title type='text'>Barack Obama Commissioned a Poem from Yale Professor, Elizabeth Alexander:  Who is This Poet?</title><summary type="text">Mr. Barack Obama&#39;s selection of a poet such as Elizabeth Alexander for his inauguration shows that the arts will be important to his administration.  At least, for a day, poetry will be on everybody&#39;s mind.  January 20 will reveal the poem that Ms. Elizabeth has been working to celebrate the occasion.  This occasional poem should also appeal to the future, said the bard of the south Side.  Who is</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8961988473480266718/posts/default/7809276251658892565'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8961988473480266718/posts/default/7809276251658892565'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://poetrybusiness.blogspot.com/2008/12/barack-obama-commissioned-poem-from.html' title='Barack Obama Commissioned a Poem from Yale Professor, Elizabeth Alexander:  Who is This Poet?'/><author><name>Nelson Mandela - Poems for Tata</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09083093440236872802</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8961988473480266718.post-7232151334234068891</id><published>2008-11-24T00:33:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-11-24T00:38:05.870-08:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="donald finkel"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="free verse"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="long range"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="new york times books"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="poets"/><title type='text'>Long-range, Free-verse Poet, Donald Finkel Died Of Complications of Alzheimer&#39;s Disease</title><summary type="text">Let his sould rest in peace!  Here are some of his books:&quot;His books were published almost exclusively by Atheneum. Among his 14 volumes of poetry are “Simeon” (1964), “A Joyful Noise” (1966), “The Garbage Wars” (1970) and “What Manner of Beast” (1981). In 2003, Mid-List Press published Mr. Finkel’s collection “Not So the Chairs: Selected and New Poems.”The title poem of “Not So the Chairs” opens </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8961988473480266718/posts/default/7232151334234068891'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8961988473480266718/posts/default/7232151334234068891'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://poetrybusiness.blogspot.com/2008/11/long-range-free-verse-poet-donald.html' title='Long-range, Free-verse Poet, Donald Finkel Died Of Complications of Alzheimer&#39;s Disease'/><author><name>Nelson Mandela - Poems for Tata</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09083093440236872802</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8961988473480266718.post-8983434422753522747</id><published>2008-11-21T00:00:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-11-21T00:01:31.496-08:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="epinionsshopping"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="iphone"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="shopping"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="videpinions"/><title type='text'>Recommended Shopping Links:  Advice and Price Comparison Sites</title><summary type="text">Just In-------Just In------Just In-----Just In for Shopnowshop AllPromDresses NetworkVideoVideo Upscale Indian Clothing:  Sari, Sarees, Choli Suits, Sarees Stoles, Bridal SareeExciting Gemstones, Diamond &amp; Prom, Wedding Jewelry Go to PromdressesRock Link Chain and Cakes SamplesFind Prom, Quincenera, Sweet Sixteen Dress &amp; Gown ShopsShopnowshop Books, Shows, Games &amp; Movie Reviews!Just In for All </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8961988473480266718/posts/default/8983434422753522747'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8961988473480266718/posts/default/8983434422753522747'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://poetrybusiness.blogspot.com/2008/11/recommended-shopping-links-advice-and.html' title='Recommended Shopping Links:  Advice and Price Comparison Sites'/><author><name>Nelson Mandela - Poems for Tata</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09083093440236872802</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8961988473480266718.post-4661893713194463844</id><published>2008-11-16T14:31:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-11-16T23:18:54.413-08:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="baseball"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="bestsellerpicks Wonderdogs"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="detweiller"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="fresno state"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Fresno State Diamond"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="paul loeffler"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Philip Levine"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="RBI"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Tommy"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="underdogs to Wonderdogs"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="wonderdogsbook"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="wonderdogsbook.com"/><title type='text'>Underdogs to WONDERDOGS:  Fresno State&#39;s Road to Omaha and the College World Series Championship (wonderdogsbook.com)</title><summary type="text">The Rise to The TopUnderdogs to Wonderdogs PoemOdes to the WonderdogsThe baseball season started just like any other seasonWith young guys too eager to play the game, Please their parents, friends, and coachesThrough hard work and determination, an unlikely group of playersEnded up making a team.  Their strengths overcame their weaknessesYet, the struggles to be the World Series Champions </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8961988473480266718/posts/default/4661893713194463844'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8961988473480266718/posts/default/4661893713194463844'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://poetrybusiness.blogspot.com/2008/11/underdogs-to-wonderdogs-fresno-states.html' title='Underdogs to WONDERDOGS:  Fresno State&#39;s Road to Omaha and the College World Series Championship (wonderdogsbook.com)'/><author><name>Nelson Mandela - Poems for Tata</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09083093440236872802</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibU5bYf3IOcFPxIkbEPjyn_4oW4IQj7ZX4TQ6jVwvTJQttHIEkENdSg8C9Gvv7Fpbq_kd_Vb4xsgpyzbHu3MMPelM3tH0ZzRAyrY2ZWcRXJLP8GWK6wl1c7Zv555II4agvSwUjCMR2C2wm/s72-c/Dogstopdogs.jpg" height="72" width="72"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8961988473480266718.post-7505080988573389081</id><published>2008-11-13T01:08:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-11-13T01:30:06.051-08:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Daniel Goleman"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="eq"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Inquiry into Daniel Goleman&#39;s Social Intelligence"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="iq"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="leadership"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Raising Smart Kids and Becoming Successful"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="research"/><title type='text'>Buy My New Book:  &quot;Inquiry Into Daniel Goleman&#39;s Social Intelligence, Raising Smart Kids, and Becoming Successful</title><summary type="text">Description:Do you want to be smart? Do you want to be able to connect with your family, children and co-workers? Read Inquiry into Daniel Goleman&#39;s Social Intelligence...This is a book that will show you how to develop great interpersonal relationships. 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It is about our fears such as the fear of packing up and traveling to an unknown place, the fears </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8961988473480266718/posts/default/3017513954217479232'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8961988473480266718/posts/default/3017513954217479232'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://poetrybusiness.blogspot.com/2008/11/buy-this-new-book-young-man-go-west.html' title='The Audacity of Hope Poetry : &quot;Young Man, Go West...&quot;'/><author><name>Nelson Mandela - Poems for Tata</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09083093440236872802</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM6ImBavwIE9S169MAw3TdFBrst7E0B-SwNBYtC0zHRXiPmYNoMjiYVOM6xQYScm1USHn9FZTHBLQmcKAg6c11HxxtQsPzvMuioPjzzIHOUyRHZ0KaAP5uY8dHE02oCjNPOcCcXfpBVlhr/s72-c/Picture+006.jpg" height="72" width="72"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8961988473480266718.post-2754792936041721353</id><published>2008-11-10T07:28:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-01-01T10:11:53.047-08:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Change we Need and Have"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Obama Poetry of Change"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="The Audacity of Hope"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="valleyfeverpublisher.com"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Yes we Can Book"/><title type='text'>The Audacity of Hope Poetry</title><summary type="text">The Audacity of Hope Obama Poetry of Change:  Yes, We Can(jc)Oh death, where is your power?Oh discrimination, prejudice, Jim Crow LawsWhere is your shame-causing sting?Oh police dog bites and state-sanctioned brutality,Where is your staying authority and durability?Oh pessimism, where is your monstrous attraction?Oh racism and exploitation, where is your defeating purpose?Oh haydees, where is </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8961988473480266718/posts/default/2754792936041721353'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8961988473480266718/posts/default/2754792936041721353'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://poetrybusiness.blogspot.com/2008/11/audacity-of-hope-poetry.html' title='The Audacity of Hope Poetry'/><author><name>Nelson Mandela - 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He will appear on Oprah Winfrey show.  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