I was born early, along with my twin, and a lot of times, for infants, that can lead to learning delays.
AMANDA GORMANPoetry is interesting because not everyone is going to become a great poet, but anyone can be, and anyone can enjoy poetry, and it’s this openness, this accessibility of poetry that makes it the language of people.
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Through poetry we shall catch the conscience of a nation.
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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.
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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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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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My mom wanted to make sure I was prepared to grow up with Black skin in America.
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What a day. What a life. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you
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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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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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Whenever I listen to songs, I rewrite them in my head.
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I am my own best mirror.
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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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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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To hone my voice, I read everything, from books to cereal boxes, three times: once for fun, the second time to learn something new about the writing craft, and the third time was to improve that piece.
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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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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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