In turbulent times, Richard Blanco creates 'bridges of empathy' in new ... essay. 2 Barack Obama (2013): One Today by Richard Blanco. In literature this is sororities done through the use of metaphors by using specific words when relating two inanimate objects. I gave him a signed copy of my book and the 2015 National Poetry month poster. It makes the reader realize that we are one of many humans traversing through life in similar routines. Goals and Highlights: America 3-0 Juarez in Liga MX 2022 - Vavel Poem 1 "America" - Claude McKay and His Lasting Influence 8 terms. First half of his life lived in Spanish . For Cubans, pork isn't the "other white meat," it is the "ONLY white meat." This poem originates from one of my earliest memories of the clash between the two cultures that shaped me. Advance publicity about the choice of Blanco emphasized that he was the youngest, first Latino, openly gay poet . Understanding and Analyzing "The U.S. of Us" by Richard Blanco The Tortilla Curtain Part I, Chapters 4-6 Summary and Analysis Reprinted from Directions to the Beach of the Dead, The University of Arizona Press, 2005, by permission of Richard Blanco. A couple weeks ago, I wondered in this space whether Cuban-American poet Richard Blanco would be able to do the near-impossible: write a not-terrible inaugural poem for Barack Obama's second . In his compelling masterpiece, the fence, August Wilson describes the lifestyle of blacks amid a foreign land. "On The Pulse of Morning" By: Maya Angelou and "One Day" By: Richard Blanco really explain the effects of cultural diversity among us Americans during the late 20th and early 21st centuries.