My mom wanted to make sure I was prepared to grow up with Black skin in America.
AMANDA GORMANMy mom wanted to make sure I was prepared to grow up with Black skin in America.
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Whenever I listen to songs, I rewrite them in my head.
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Give us the ballot, and we will no longer have to worry the federal government about our basic rights.
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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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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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See the line where the sky meets the sea.
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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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Your 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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Truth is to act out of the best of ourselves.
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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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What a day. What a life. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you
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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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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’s really funny about being National Youth Poet Laureate is that not everyone even knows it exists.
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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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