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Afternoon Video: Miami poet Richard Blanco’s tribute to Orlando: ‘One Pulse — One Poem’
This is One Pulse — One Poem, a poem that Richard Blanco. The openly gay poet is a Miami man who was part of President Barack Obama’s second inauguration. He writes: ‘A poem I wrote for the Pulse tragedy. May these words add to the many voices honoring the lives of those lost and also helping us heal. My thanks to the videographers who shot this video of my reading at the Oklahoma Arts Institute where I am teaching at the moment.
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Alan R says:
Nice….
One Pulse– One Poem!
Just right. I’m glad you wrote it. I tried to imagine how it will be imagined some time long in the future. I think it’s a snapshot, very illuminating.