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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.

Amanda Gorman

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
I grew up at this incredibly odd intersection in Los Angeles, where it felt like the black ‘hood met black elegance met white gentrification met Latin culture met wetlands.
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Feeling Growth Myself Place
No matter how you say it, the hill we climb is a hill we climb together.
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Struggle Togetherness Yourself
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
See the line where the sky meets the sea.
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Nature Sea See Sky
What a day. What a life. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you
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Gratitude Life Thankful
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
The oration of poetry, I consider to be its own art form and tradition.
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Art Myself Poetry
It 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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Beginning Love Myself Name Poet Writing Youth
Poetry and language are often at the heartbeat of movements for change.
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Change Language Poetry
Truth is to act out of the best of ourselves.
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Act Best Ourselves Truth
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
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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Black Face Man Need White Woman Young
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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Issues Learning Myself Oneself Struggle
We know. We believe. And we act, because it is our civic duty.
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Act Believe Ourselves
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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