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In years to come, we may recall Wednesdays inauguration ceremony by reading again Amanda Gormans words, delivered to a spellbound inauguration assembly (Biden offers a message of resilience in Americas winter of peril, 20 January). The authority of her poem comes from the clarity of its imagery and the uncompromising challenge of its rhetoric.

What it says ensures that, to relief at the end of Americas political nightmare and goodwill towards the two principals in the drama that unfolded, must now be added the assertion that we can raise this wounded world into a wondrous one.Frank PaiceNorwich

Amid the analysis of Joe Bidens inauguration speech, it is worth noting that he referred to the evil of racism twice, specifically mentioning systemic racism. At a time when the UKs Conservative government is determined to pretend systemic racism doesnt exist, this is refreshing.

But is any Labour politician willing to show a similar awareness of how racism operates in Great Britain? Will Keir Starmer step up to the mark and challenge the governments denial and strongly condemn the systemic racism that blights the lives of too many people in this country? I worry that the Labour leaderships fear of a culture wars backlash has already induced a reluctance to speak out for these fundamental values.Geoff SkinnerKensal Green, London

Perhaps Donald Trump could take solace in the fact that the crowd at his inauguration was definitely bigger than that at President Bidens. Size matters to him after all.Joan FurtadoWhitworth, Lancashire

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