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Amanda Gorman

1998

Poet

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For there is always light, if only we're brave enough to see it. If only we're brave enough to be it

— Amanda Gorman

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When you are learning through poetry how to speak English, it lends to a great understanding of sound, of pitch, of pronunciation, so I think of my speech impediment not as a weakness or a disability, but as one of my greatest strengths.

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The oration of poetry, I consider to be its own art form and tradition.

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I grew up at this incredibly odd intersection in Los Angeles, where it felt like the black ‘hood met black elegance met white gentrification met Latin culture met wetlands.

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Truth is to act out of the best of ourselves.

Act Best Ourselves Principled Truth

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Poetry has never been the language of barriers, it’s always been the language of bridges.

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I love Black poets. I love that as a Black girl, I get to participate in that legacy. So that’s Yusef Komunyakaa, Sonia Sanchez, Tracy K. Smith, Phillis Wheatley.

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What contributed to my writing early on is how my mom encouraged it. She kept the TV off because she wanted my siblings and I to be engaged and active. So we made forts, put on plays, musicals, and I wrote like crazy.

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No matter how you say it, the hill we climb is a hill we climb together.

Inclusive Struggle Togetherness Yourself

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If a woman doesn’t give herself permission, who will?

Empowering Willing Woman

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Poetry is the lens we use to interrogate the history we stand on and the future we stand for.

Future History Poetry Reflective

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You don’t have to be a poet, you don’t have to be a politician or be in the White House to make an impact with your words. We all have this capacity to find solutions for the future.

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I don’t want it to be something that becomes a cage, where to be a successful Black girl, you have to be Amanda Gorman and go to Harvard. I want someone to eventually disrupt the model I have established.

Black Establishment Girl Liberating Myself Success

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I think it made me all that much stronger of a writer when you have to teach yourself how to say words from scratch.

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It was so incredible meeting Lady Gaga. I mean I’m gaga for Gaga, literally. We kind of just each flew to each other like magnets after the ceremony ended and we were both just crying and hugging.

Cry End Hug Joyful Kind Myself

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When you have to teach yourself how to say sounds, when you have to be highly concerned about pronunciation, it gives you a certain awareness of sonics, of the auditory experience.

Experience Reflective Sound Teaching Yourself

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What a day. What a life. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you

Grateful Gratitude Life Thankful

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When you’re someone who’s lived a life where certain resources were scarce, you always feel like abundance is forbidden fruit.

Abundance Reflective Scarcity Security Vulnerable

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We’ve learned that quiet isn’t always peace and the norms and notions of what just is, isn’t always justice.

Critical Justice Learning Peace Quiet

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Poetry is – it’s an art form, but, to me, it’s also a weapon, it’s also an instrument. It’s the ability to make ideas that have been known, felt and said. And that’s a real, I think, type of duty for the poet.

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When they tell you to go back to where you come from, tell them proudly that this is where you come from.

Born Defiant Proud Yourself

About Amanda Gorman

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Amanda Gorman is a celebrated American poet and activist whose inspiring words advocate for institutional focus on education, racial equality, and gender justice. In 2017, she was named the nation's very first National Youth Poet Laureate, highlighting her exceptional talent and academic achievements at Harvard University. She achieved profound global recognition in January 2021 when she delivered a historic reading at the 59th Presidential Inauguration, standing out as the youngest inaugural poet in United States history.

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