I close my eyes and I am with this army of young women standing in a line and I imagine us walking forward together.
AMANDA GORMANWhen 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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We’ve learned that quiet isn’t always peace and the norms and notions of what just is, isn’t always justice.
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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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Your daily challenge to not be like a boss, but the boss, in all things you.
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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.
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Poetry has never been the language of barriers, it’s always been the language of bridges.
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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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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.
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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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Give us the ballot, and we will no longer have to worry the federal government about our basic rights.
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One of my delays was in speech and speech pronunciation, and also the auditory processing issue just means I really struggle as an auditory learner.
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Poetry 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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What a day. What a life. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you
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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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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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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.
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