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As a public poet, people often don’t see the reality of my life.

Amanda Gorman

I try to approach reading in front of millions of people as I would reading in somebody’s living room.
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Myself People Performance Reading
I was writing since I can remember – I just didn’t know it was poetry yet, or that writing could be a career.
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Career Myself Poetry Remember Writing
I have to interweave my poetry with purpose. For me, that purpose is to help people, and to shed a light on issues that have far too long been in the darkness.
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Darkness Help Issues Light Myself People Poetry Purpose
I am the daughter of Black writers who are descended from Freedom Fighters who broke their chains and changed the world. They call me.
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Black Break Change Fight Freedom Myself World Writing
When they tell you to go back to where you come from, tell them proudly that this is where you come from.
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Born Proud Yourself
Your daily challenge to not be like a boss, but the boss, in all things you.
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Challenge Character Inspirational Yourself
We’ve learned that quiet isn’t always peace and the norms and notions of what just is, isn’t always justice.
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Justice Learning Peace Quiet
What a day. What a life. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you
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Gratitude Life Thankful
Whenever I listen to songs, I rewrite them in my head.
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Listening Myself Song
The oration of poetry, I consider to be its own art form and tradition.
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Art Myself Poetry
I did a lot of sitting back and thinking about what I wanted for myself and what I wanted for my country: more unity, more support for the arts and more opportunities for young writers from marginalized groups.
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Art Myself Opportunity Support Thinking Unity Writing Young
Writing wasn’t just a form of expression. It was a form of pathology by embarking on spoken word over and over and over again and reciting my poems.
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Expression Myself Poem Word Writing
Poetry is the lens we use to interrogate the history we stand on and the future we stand for.
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Future History Poetry
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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Feeling Growth Myself Place
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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Ability Future Impact Poet Politics Word Yourself
The fight isn’t over – it’s just begun. It’s time to suit up for a battle that might determine the war.
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Battle Beginning Determination Fight Time War

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