o, and about that so-called 'poem' at the inauguration...

     I don't care if Richard Blanco is gay - that's none of my business - but pretending to be a poet while publicly reciting such garbage is immoral. I see and hear no evidence in this, or anything else, that he has the slightest talent; that he has studied and mastered anything; that he is anything more than a self-promoting nitwit. This makes the hideous verse of Maya Angelou sound like Homer. Poetry is a high calling. Scribble 'verse' all the live long day if you must, but don't inflict it on the world and don't assume the title of Poet if this is the best you can do.