Poet Richard Blanco reads from "Mother Country"
Clip: Season 2019 Episode 11 | 1m 19sVideo has Closed Captions
Poet Richard Blanco reads a section of his poem "Mother Country."
Richard Blanco reads from his poem, "Mother Country," one of three poems he wrote on the occasion of the second inaugural of President Barack Obama. It reflects on his mother's emigration from Cuba. Full poem: https://poets.org/poem/mother-country
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Major Funding by the Laura Moore Cunningham Foundation. Additional Funding by the Friends of Idaho Public Television and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
Poet Richard Blanco reads from "Mother Country"
Clip: Season 2019 Episode 11 | 1m 19sVideo has Closed Captions
Richard Blanco reads from his poem, "Mother Country," one of three poems he wrote on the occasion of the second inaugural of President Barack Obama. It reflects on his mother's emigration from Cuba. Full poem: https://poets.org/poem/mother-country
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