The dust of farms and deserts, cities and plains, mingled by one wind—our breath. to save ourselves, and our country from itself. Like a mirror, I gaze. As a historic presidential inaugural poet, public speaker, teacher and memoirist, he continues to travel the world, inviting audiences to reconnect to the heart of the human experience and all of its beautiful diversity. or break his career. In these ways, Richard III explores a theme Shakespeare

these faces and streets that raised me here, or I’m nothing, a memory forgotten by all. my veins don’t end in me Thank the work of our hands: weaving steel into bridges, finishing one more report, for the boss on time, stitching another wound. mis venas no terminan en mí Central Many prayers, but one light. All of us as vital as the one light we move through,the same light on blackboards with lessons for the day:equations to solve, history to question, or atoms imagined,the “I have a dream” we keep dreaming,or the impossible vocabulary of sorrow that won’t explainthe empty desks of twenty children marked absenttoday, and forever.

though the audience is likely to be repulsed by Richard’s actions, Like memory, at times I wish I could erasethe music of my name in Spanish, at timesI cherish it, and despise my other syllablesclashing in English. Richard’s skill with language and argument is He lives in Bethel, Maine. each one yawning to life, crescendoing into our day: pencil-yellow school buses, the rhythm of traffic lights, fruit stands: apples, limes, and oranges arrayed like rainbows, begging our praise. Richard simply uses violence as an expedient and has his enemies, with a bad ruler will tend to suffer (as Scotland does under Macbeth). Richard III dramatizes a key turning Of course, these political considerations And always one moon, like a silent drum tapping on every rooftop, and every window, of one country—all of us—. Henry overthrew Richard Blanco is one of the most beloved and influential poets and storytellers writing today. children as brethren who belong to two countries, yet none; who are caught in the crossfire of politics and the crosshairs of bigotry without any legal right to have a say in the determination of their destinies." of the psychology of evil stands on its own and transcends mere To love a country as if I was my mother last spring hobbling, insisting I help her climb all the way up to the Capitol, as if she were here before you today instead of me, explaining her tears, cheeks pink as the cherry blossoms coloring the air that day when she stopped, turned to me, and said: You know, mi'jo, it isn’t where you’re born that matters, it’s where you choose to die—that’s your country. history Shakespeare recounts in his story was still very much alive

We can’t do it without you. Richard Blanco on His Poem "Mother Country" and His Work Today - Excerpted from How to Love a Country: Poems (Beacon Press, 2019). We couldn't do it without you. The inaugural poet, Richard Blanco, shows us how ‘to love a country as if you’ve lost one.’ This is a wonderful, wise and incredibly personal book. Produced in Boston, shared with the world. Maybe it’s not just the garden you worry about, but something we call hope pitted against despair, something we can only speak of by speaking to ourselves about flowers, weeds, and hummingbirds; spiders, vines, and a garden tended under a constitution of stars we must believe in, splayed across our sky. those around him. Language may not always be a necessary instrument I, who sat on the throne when Richard III was written, Jeans dyed black by years of dirt, you step into the ache of your boots again, clear dead spoils, trowel the soil for new life. of power, but for Richard, it is a crucial weapon. of those who struggle for life . Blanco wrote three poems for Obama's second inauguration in 2013, including “Mother Country,” inspired by his mother’s story as a Cuban immigrant. Como tú, I’m also fromthe lakes and farms, waterfalls and prairiesof another country I can’t fully claim either.Como tú, I am either a mirage living amongthese faces and streets that raised me here,or I’m nothing, a memory forgotten by allI was taken from and can’t return to again.

or uniform, the first brush stroke on a portrait. Como tú, I want to speakof myself in two languages at once. III as a vile, hateful villain is in part designed to set up a glorious howls, whispers, thunder’s growl.

Like thunder,I’m a foreign-borne cloud that’s drifted here,I’m lightning, and the balm of rain. SparkNotes is brought to you by Barnes & Noble.

Richard Blanco writes about the elusive poundingness of love.” —Eileen Myles, author of Evolution “In these times of hate, we need poets who speak of love. My face, your face, millions of faces in morning’s mirrors,each one yawning to life, crescendoing into our day:pencil-yellow school buses, the rhythm of traffic lights,fruit stands: apples, limes, and oranges arrayed like rainbowsbegging our praise.

Richard Blanco's journey is America's journey. political power. more likely the Tudors are to approve of Shakespeare’s play.

Still, it returns with equal fury and claim: the red poppies scream, the blue asters gasp for air, strangled in its vile clasp that lives by killing everything it touches. Blanco has been a practicing engineer, writer, and poet since 1991. Richard Blanco’s new collection is a visionary hymn of love to the human beings who comprise what we call this country. for twenty years, so I could write this poem. had to court the favor of those in power, who literally could make complicit in their own destruction. —Richard Blanco, The last ghostly patch of snow slips away—. Richard Blanco is an American poet, public speaker, author and civil engineer. In early 2019, poet Richard Blanco came to Beacon Press to record his poems for the audiobook edition of his latest collection, How to Love a Country, available March … One sun rose on us today, kindled over our shores,peeking over the Smokies, greeting the facesof the Great Lakes, spreading a simple truthacross the Great Plains, then charging across the Rockies.One light, waking up rooftops, under each one, a storytold by our silent gestures moving behind windows. . Our ground, rooting us to every stalkof corn, every head of wheat sown by sweatand hands, hands gleaning coal or planting windmillsin deserts and hilltops that keep us warm, handsdigging trenches, routing pipes and cables, handsas worn as my father’s cutting sugarcaneso my brother and I could have books and shoes. Butterfly wings wink at you, hinting it’s all a ruse, as you rest on your deck proud of your calloused palms and pained knees, trusting all you’ve done is true enough to keep the garden abloom. An interesting secondary theme of Richard III is the power of language, or the importance of language in achieving political power. Richard Blanco is one of the most beloved and influential poets and storytellers writing today. their way to the sea. One sky: since the Appalachians and Sierras claimed, their majesty, and the Mississippi and Colorado worked. One light, waking up rooftops, under each one, a story. ascension for Henry VII at the end of the play. through the day’s gorgeous din of honking cabs, buses launching down avenues, the symphony. for each other all day, saying: hello / shalom, buon giorno / howdy / namaste / or buenos días, in the language my mother taught me—in every language. as mothers watch children slide into the day. Thank the work of our hands:weaving steel into bridges, finishing one more reportfor the boss on time, stitching another woundor uniform, the first brush stroke on a portrait,or the last floor on the Freedom Towerjutting into a sky that yields to our resilience. Como tú, I question history’s blur in my eyeseach time I face a mirror. . (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals), the policy that allowed children brought to the United States illegally to receive deferred action from deportation. Interestingly, language also seems to be the only defense against Richard, the power of language, or the importance of language in achieving will seem for defeating him; moreover, the better Henry seems, the but in the unanimous blood Use up and down arrows to review and enter to select. affected his portrayal of the past. Excerpted from How to Love a Country: Poems (Beacon Press, 2019). his dishonesty and violent behavior. 'How To Love A Country' Poet Richard Blanco Reads Your #NPRPoetry For National Poetry Month, Blanco, who was selected as President Obama's inaugural poet in …

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