Maya Angelou and the Inauguration
Did anyone else see Maya Angelou on CNN reciting a poem called, "We Rise"? Here is a link: http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/bestoftv/2008/11/08/angelou.poem.lkl.cnn
It made me hope that President-Elect Obama (I could type that a hundred times, it looks so nice!) will invite her to present a poem at the Inauguration. Angelou has such a way of making simple words say something powerful that she would be a perfect addition to what will already be a remarkable event.
I know that Robert Frost participated in the Kennedy Inaugural (though I seem to remember that his prepared poem blew away or something and he recited something from memory?) but I don't recall if that is normal procedure at an Inauguration. Anyone else remember?




