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Baron Wormser: The Missing Poet

Reasons abound for Republicans to not think twice or to dismiss poetry as elitist or more identity politics or whatever pejorative comes to mind. Much more important work is waiting– or so we are told. 

January 15, 2025 · 15 Comments

John F. Kennedy: The Purpose of Poetry

In a 1963 eulogy for Robert Frost, John F. Kennedy described poetry as “the means of saving power from itself.”

December 1, 2019 · Leave a comment

John F. Kennedy: Inaugural Speech

Washington, D.C. January 20, 1961 Listen to the swearing-in ceremony and the inaugural speech Vice President Johnson, Mr. Speaker, Mr. Chief Justice, President Eisenhower, Vice President Nixon, President Truman, Reverend … Continue reading

January 15, 2017 · Leave a comment

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