![]() "But what I really aspire to do in the poem is to be able to use my words to envision a way in which our country can still come together and can still heal."Īmanda Gorman, pictured with actor Morgan Freeman in 2018, became LA's youth poet laureate at 16. She previously told the New York Times she would not "in any way gloss over what we've seen over the past few weeks and, dare I say, the past few years". "I think it's about a new chapter in the United States, about the future, and doing that through the elegance and beauty of words." "I really wanted to use my words to be a point of unity and collaboration and togetherness," Gorman told the BBC World Service's Newshour programme before the ceremony. The writer and performer, who became the country's first national youth poet laureate in 2017, followed in the footsteps of such famous names as Robert Frost and Maya Angelou. If only we’re brave enough to be it." #InaugurationDay /MSMQV7zAy1- CSPAN January 20, 2021 "There is always a light, if only we’re brave enough to see it. ![]() In her poem, Gorman described herself as "a skinny black girl descended from slaves and raised by a single mother can dream of becoming president, only to find herself reciting for one".Ĭomplete remarks from at Presidential #Inauguration. But while democracy can be periodically delayed, it can never be permanently defeated." "We've seen a force that would shatter our nation rather than share it, would destroy our country if it meant delaying democracy," she declared. She went on to reference the storming of the Capitol earlier this month. ![]() "When day comes, we ask ourselves where can we find light in this never-ending shade?" her five-minute poem began. The 22-year-old delivered her work 'The Hill We Climb' to both the dignitaries present in Washington DC and a watching global audience of billions. Poet Amanda Gorman read her work 'The Hill We Climb' at the inauguration. ![]()
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