When we tried to post our blog Tuesday, the website on which we post would not accept any photos nor revisions. We let it go, poorly presented because we hoped our readers would at least appreciate the heads up to make sure they saw Gorman’s inaugural poem presentation (some did and let us know). We believe the website’s issues are resolved and thus are presenting the poem and photos as Part I (19Jan21) and Part II (20Jan21.)

Part I - day before Biden-Harris U.S. Inauguration 19 January 2021

Unity & Hope

Recommend you get to know this gal

You’ll see her tomorrow on stage

First U.S. Youth Poet Laureate

Amanda Gorman, age twenty-two, poet-sage.

Five poets have read their works

Frost, Angelou, Williams the first three

Alexander, Blanco, tomorrow Amanda Gorman

“The Hill We Climb” . . . Unity & Hope.

Part II Inauguration Day 20 January 2021

Did you see her read today?

From darkness she brought light.

And have you read her poem she read?

Great poetry this gal can write!

In afternoon and evening coverage,

With the president she equally shared quotes.

Like the day-closing fireworks her work illuminating

Our path to America’s Unity and Hope!

Forrest W. Heaton 20 January 2021