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 GORMANWe know. We believe. And we act, because it is our civic duty.
More Amanda Gorman Quotes
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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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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 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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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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Through poetry we shall catch the conscience of a nation.
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I try to approach reading in front of millions of people as I would reading in somebody’s living room.
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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.
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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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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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The oration of poetry, I consider to be its own art form and tradition.
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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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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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Poetry and language are often at the heartbeat of movements for change.
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