When they tell you to go back to where you come from, tell them proudly that this is where you come from.
AMANDA GORMANYour daily challenge to not be like a boss, but the boss, in all things you.
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Poetry has never been the language of barriers, it’s always been the language of bridges.
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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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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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Poetry is the lens we use to interrogate the history we stand on and the future we stand for.
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What a day. What a life. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you
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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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No matter how you say it, the hill we climb is a hill we climb together.
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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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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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Your daily challenge to not be like a boss, but the boss, in all things you.
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See the line where the sky meets the sea.
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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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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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The oration of poetry, I consider to be its own art form and tradition.
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As a public poet, people often don’t see the reality of my life.
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