Poetry and language are often at the heartbeat of movements for change.
AMANDA GORMANPoetry 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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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 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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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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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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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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As a public poet, people often don’t see the reality of my life.
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When you have to teach yourself how to say sounds, when you have to be highly concerned about pronunciation, it gives you a certain awareness of sonics, of the auditory experience.
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We know. We believe. And we act, because it is our civic duty.
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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 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 am my own best mirror.
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I think we run into issues when our online brands are not rooted in who we are, and I think we need to have explicit discussions with ourselves about who we want to be, what we want to represent, and how we want to express that.
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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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Let each dawn find us courageous, brought closer, heeding the lights before the fight is over.
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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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