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Amanda Gorman

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.
AMANDA GORMAN

Experience Sound Teaching Yourself
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.
AMANDA GORMAN

Black Love Myself Poet
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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Justice Learning Peace Quiet
No matter how you say it, the hill we climb is a hill we climb together.
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Struggle Togetherness Yourself
See the line where the sky meets the sea.
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Nature Sea See Sky
My mom wanted to make sure I was prepared to grow up with Black skin in America.
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Black Grow Up Mom Myself Preparation Skin
As a public poet, people often don’t see the reality of my life.
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Life People Poet Reality See
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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Ability Art Ideas Poet Poetry Reality Thinking Weapon
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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Art Myself Opportunity Support Thinking Unity Writing 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
Poetry and language are often at the heartbeat of movements for change.
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Change Language Poetry
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.
AMANDA GORMAN

Cry Each Other End Hug Kind Myself
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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Confidence Insecurity Internet Myself Social Media
Let each dawn find us courageous, brought closer, heeding the lights before the fight is over.
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Courage Fight Inspirational Light Morning
What a day. What a life. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you
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Gratitude Life Thankful
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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Ability Future Impact Poet Politics Word Yourself

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