I noted in this space back during the primaries that Obama was the only candidate heard to make education in the reading of poetry a part of his campaign speeches. He said, to be precise, that everybody should graduate having learned to read poetry.
One sign that he practices what he preaches -- Obama was recently spotted with a copy of Derek Walcott's Collected Poems.
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Hmmmm...interesting.
Apparently, Walcott published a poem for Obama too. "Forty Acres" appears here: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/us_elections/article5088429.ece
Howard
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