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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.

Amanda Gorman

When you are learning through poetry how to speak English, it lends to a great understanding of sound, of pitch, of pronunciation, so I think of my speech impediment not as a weakness or a disability, but as one of my greatest strengths.
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Greatness Learning Poetry Sound Strength Thinking Understand Weakness Yourself
I try to approach reading in front of millions of people as I would reading in somebody’s living room.
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Myself People Performance Reading
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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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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I am my own best mirror.
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As a public poet, people often don’t see the reality of my life.
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I have to interweave my poetry with purpose. For me, that purpose is to help people, and to shed a light on issues that have far too long been in the darkness.
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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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My mom wanted to make sure I was prepared to grow up with Black skin in America.
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The oration of poetry, I consider to be its own art form and tradition.
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Let each dawn find us courageous, brought closer, heeding the lights before the fight is over.
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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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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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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 born early, along with my twin, and a lot of times, for infants, that can lead to learning delays.
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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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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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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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