When he's not acting/singing/writing/going to grad school/directing/whatever else he does in his apparently immense spare time, James Franco is writing poetry. For some reason, Yahoo! News wasn't repelled by the thought of this, so in honor of today's presidential inauguration, they asked Franco to pen a poem about President Obama. He did, and it's weird - but we're quickly learning not to be surprised about that when it comes to anything James Franco does. An excerpt, to begin with:
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You can watch Franco recite the poem above and read the full text here. Yahoo! News also commissioned poems from Pulitzer Prize winners James Tate and Paul Mundoon, Japanese-American poet Brenda Shaughnessy, and author Kevin Young.
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