The innately ambiguous connection between poets and those in the political realm was transformed when Robert Frost recited a verse at John F. Kennedy’s presidential inauguration over six decades ago.
President Barack Obama, left, shakes hands with poet Richard Blanco during the ceremonial swearing-in West Front of the U.S. Capitol during the 57th Presidential Inauguration in Washington, Monday, ...
There had never been an inauguration like it. On Friday, January 20, 1961, at the ceremony to swear in John F. Kennedy as the 35th President of the United States, Robert Frost recited his poem “The ...