I guess their PR person came under the spell of poet Ethelbert's water imagery. I can hardly wait for the "fire" poem.
"I've seen fire and I've seen rain"
-James Taylor
On Thu, 22 Jan 2009 14:37:38 -0500, Doug Henwood wrote:
> [This just in from the Institute for Policy Studies.]
>
>> Dear Doug,
>>
>> Our award-winning poet and IPS Board Chair Ethelbert Miller captured
>> why two million of us poured into downtown Washington on Tuesday:
>>
>> Sacred music was in the air. I wanted
>> to lift every voice and sing.
>> I wanted to hear the thunder and watch The first drops of a new
>> American rain.
>>
>> Tears flowed in abundance as the new era unfolded in all of its
>> tumultuous hope and challenge.
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