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.
AMANDA GORMANIt 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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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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We know. We believe. And we act, because it is our civic duty.
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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.
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Truth is to act out of the best of ourselves.
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Your daily challenge to not be like a boss, but the boss, in all things you.
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My mom wanted to make sure I was prepared to grow up with Black skin in America.
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I am my own best mirror.
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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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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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Let each dawn find us courageous, brought closer, heeding the lights before the fight is over.
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What’s really funny about being National Youth Poet Laureate is that not everyone even knows it exists.
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Poetry is the lens we use to interrogate the history we stand on and the future we stand for.
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I was born early, along with my twin, and a lot of times, for infants, that can lead to learning delays.
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Through poetry we shall catch the conscience of a nation.
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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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