One Today

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"One Today" is a poem by Richard Blanco that reflects on American unity and diversity, written for and delivered at Barack Obama’s second presidential inauguration in 2013.

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instanceOf poem
author Richard Blanco
commissionedBy Barack Obama
commissionedFor second presidential inauguration of Barack Obama
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
dateWritten 2013
firstPerformanceDate 2013-01-21
firstPerformanceEvent 2013 U.S. presidential inauguration of Barack Obama
surface form: Second inauguration of Barack Obama
form free verse
genre inaugural poem
occasional poem
hasAuthorNationality American
Cuban American
hasNotableLine “One sky, toward which we sometimes lift our eyes tired from work.”
“One sun rose on us today, kindled over our shores.”
language English
literaryPeriod 21st-century American literature
medium print
spoken word
partOf tradition of U.S. presidential inaugural poems
performanceLocation United States Capitol
performedBy Richard Blanco
precededBy Praise Song for the Day
publisher University of Pittsburgh Press
setting contemporary United States
subject everyday life in America
immigrant experience
landscapes of the United States
theme American diversity
American unity
national identity
shared experience
year 2013

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