Through poetry we shall catch the conscience of a nation.
AMANDA GORMANIt wasn’t until I was named Youth Poet Laureate of L.A. in high school though that I officially began calling myself a poet. I just always loved writing, period.
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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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No matter how you say it, the hill we climb is a hill we climb together.
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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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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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The oration of poetry, I consider to be its own art form and tradition.
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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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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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If a woman doesn’t give herself permission, who will?
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What contributed to my writing early on is how my mom encouraged it. She kept the TV off because she wanted my siblings and I to be engaged and active. So we made forts, put on plays, musicals, and I wrote like crazy.
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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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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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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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We know. We believe. And we act, because it is our civic duty.
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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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