You wanna see some fantastic poetry/spoken word/rap, head on over to Poets.org for a White House event from last May.
From the PR email:
President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama hosted students from American, Gallaudet, Georgetown, and Howard Universities in May 2009, allowing them to participate in an evening celebrating poetry, music, and the spoken word.
“We’re here to celebrate the power of words,” President Obama said. Words “help us to appreciate beauty and also understand pain; to inspire us to action, and to spur us on when we start to lose hope; to lift us up out of our daily existence—even if it’s just for a few moments—and return us with hearts that are a little bit bigger and fuller than they were before.”
Spoken word presentations included works by Chicago’s Mayda del Valle, Hawaiian poet Jamaica Heolimeleikalani Osorio, “Brave New Voices” slam champion Joshua Bennett, and Lin Manuel Miranda, the creator of the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical “In the Heights,” among others.
It all reminds me of the days of Camelot, when Jack and Jackie opened the 
White House to artists, writers and musicians. I am so glad we got The Nitwit outta there!
Enjoy!
