Praise Song For The Day

As you probably know I love poetry, and of course, in a day like today, I could not let it go by without writing about something I heard and watched. Today was a historic day for America and the world and as I watched in amazement like everyone else how the first black President of the United States officially took office. Some special moment occurred as poet Elizabeth Alexander recited a beautiful poem “Praise Song For The Day” which in my opinion portraits what America is today, I loved the poem and I hope that you will too, so if you missed the moment here it is: