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

Amanda Gorman

What’s really funny about being National Youth Poet Laureate is that not everyone even knows it exists.
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Existence Funny Poet Youth
As a public poet, people often don’t see the reality of my life.
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Life People Poet Reality See
If a woman doesn’t give herself permission, who will?
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Herself Willing Woman
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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Born Leadership Myself Time
We know. We believe. And we act, because it is our civic duty.
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Act Believe Ourselves
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 close my eyes and I am with this army of young women standing in a line and I imagine us walking forward together.
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Eyes Imagination Myself Togetherness Walk Women Young
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
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
Poetry and language are often at the heartbeat of movements for change.
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Change Language Poetry
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
Poetry has never been the language of barriers, it’s always been the language of bridges.
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Deep Language Perspective Poetry
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
The oration of poetry, I consider to be its own art form and tradition.
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Art Myself Poetry
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.
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Black Establishment Girl Myself Success

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