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.
AMANDA GORMANTo hone my voice, I read everything, from books to cereal boxes, three times: once for fun, the second time to learn something new about the writing craft, and the third time was to improve that piece.
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Whenever I listen to songs, I rewrite them in my head.
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Your daily challenge to not be like a boss, but the boss, in all things you.
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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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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.
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To hone my voice, I read everything, from books to cereal boxes, three times: once for fun, the second time to learn something new about the writing craft, and the third time was to improve that piece.
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What a day. What a life. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you
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Poetry and language are often at the heartbeat of movements for change.
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As a public poet, people often don’t see the reality of my life.
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I am the daughter of Black writers who are descended from Freedom Fighters who broke their chains and changed the world. They call me.
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I am my own best mirror.
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Let each dawn find us courageous, brought closer, heeding the lights before the fight is over.
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Truth is to act out of the best of ourselves.
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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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I think it made me all that much stronger of a writer when you have to teach yourself how to say words from scratch.
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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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