I am my own best mirror.
AMANDA GORMANTruth is to act out of the best of ourselves.
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Through poetry we shall catch the conscience of a nation.
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If a woman doesn’t give herself permission, who will?
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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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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 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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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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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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Poetry and language are often at the heartbeat of movements for change.
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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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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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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.
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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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Let each dawn find us courageous, brought closer, heeding the lights before the fight is over.
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My Instagram doesn’t cover my insecurities, my lack of self-confidence, that week I spent crying, there’s a question of whether I should be sharing that online.
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See the line where the sky meets the sea.
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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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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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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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Truth is to act out of the best of ourselves.
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Your daily challenge to not be like a boss, but the boss, in all things you.
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I don’t want it to be something that becomes a cage, where to be a successful Black girl, you have to be Amanda Gorman and go to Harvard. I want someone to eventually disrupt the model I have established.
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Poetry has never been the language of barriers, it’s always been the language of bridges.
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We know. We believe. And we act, because it is our civic duty.
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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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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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