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Poetry and language are often at the heartbeat of movements for change.

Amanda Gorman

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.
AMANDA GORMAN

Ability Future Impact Poet Politics Word Yourself
Through poetry we shall catch the conscience of a nation.
AMANDA GORMAN

Nation Poetry
It was so incredible meeting Lady Gaga. I mean I’m gaga for Gaga, literally. We kind of just each flew to each other like magnets after the ceremony ended and we were both just crying and hugging.
AMANDA GORMAN

Cry Each Other End Hug Kind Myself
As a young black woman, I notice at times in the mainstream media framing of the ‘me too’ movement you see a white female face or a white male face, and that type of questioning and interrogation needs to happen.
AMANDA GORMAN

Black Face Man Need White Woman Young
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
No matter how you say it, the hill we climb is a hill we climb together.
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Struggle Togetherness Yourself
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.
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Creation Friendship Future History Honesty Love People Thinking Young
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
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
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
Give us the ballot, and we will no longer have to worry the federal government about our basic rights.
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Control Government Ourselves Politics Right Worry
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
If a woman doesn’t give herself permission, who will?
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Herself Willing Woman
That’s kind of the challenging thing about writing an inaugural poem. You’re speaking to everyone, but you don’t also want to speak for everyone.
AMANDA GORMAN

Challenge Kind Talk 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
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

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