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I was writing since I can remember – I just didn’t know it was poetry yet, or that writing could be a career.

Amanda Gorman

The fight isn’t over – it’s just begun. It’s time to suit up for a battle that might determine the war.
AMANDA GORMAN

Battle Beginning Determination Fight Time War
Let each dawn find us courageous, brought closer, heeding the lights before the fight is over.
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Courage Fight Inspirational Light Morning
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
Poetry and language are often at the heartbeat of movements for change.
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Change Language Poetry
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.
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Experience Sound Teaching Yourself
When you’re someone who’s lived a life where certain resources were scarce, you always feel like abundance is forbidden fruit.
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Life Live Yourself
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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Black Love Myself Poet
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 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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Myself Strong Teaching Thinking Word Writing Yourself
It wasn’t until I was named Youth Poet Laureate of L.A. in high school though that I officially began calling myself a poet. I just always loved writing, period.
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Beginning Love Myself Name Poet Writing Youth
My Instagram doesn’t cover my insecurities, my lack of self-confidence, that week I spent crying, there’s a question of whether I should be sharing that online.
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Confidence Insecurity Internet Myself Social Media
But as for the future, I foresee a world which is more creative, more open, more loving, more ecologically friendly, more honest about its history and progress, and I think a lot of those contributions will be made by young people.
AMANDA GORMAN

Creation Friendship Future History Honesty Love People Thinking Young
One of the most rewarding moments of my career is when I’m speaking to a child who tells me they have the same speech impediment that I had to overcome and that they’re going to keep writing or sharing their voice after hearing my story.
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Career Moments Myself Oneself Reward Story Voice Writing
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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Greatness Learning Poetry Sound Strength Thinking Understand Weakness Yourself
Your daily challenge to not be like a boss, but the boss, in all things you.
AMANDA GORMAN

Challenge Character Inspirational Yourself

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