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    Alternatives to reading Obama’s inaugural poem

    There’s been a bit of discussion of the poem read at Barack Obama’s inauguration by Elizabeth Alexander. I wasn’t moved, and haven’t heard from anybody who was (although I have to guess Jack Layton liked her line about “the figuring it out at kitchen tables”). Still, I think it’s great that a poem was read at all.

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    Paul Dewar, poetry lover

    The Citizen’s Joanne Chianello reports from the US Embassy.