Leave your feedback Share Copy URL https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/poet-richard-blanco-reads-the-inaugural-poem Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Story Transcript Poet Richard Blanco reads a poem for President Obama’s second inauguration. Blanco is the first Hispanic and openly gay man to read the inaugural poem. Read the Full Transcript Notice: Transcripts are machine and human generated and lightly edited for accuracy. They may contain errors.