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 GORMANMy 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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If a woman doesn’t give herself permission, who will?
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Give us the ballot, and we will no longer have to worry the federal government about our basic rights.
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I am my own best mirror.
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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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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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I did a lot of sitting back and thinking about what I wanted for myself and what I wanted for my country: more unity, more support for the arts and more opportunities for young writers from marginalized groups.
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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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What a day. What a life. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you
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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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As a public poet, people often don’t see the reality of my life.
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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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Poetry is the lens we use to interrogate the history we stand on and the future we stand for.
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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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Whenever I listen to songs, I rewrite them in my head.
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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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