Truth is to act out of the best of ourselves.
AMANDA GORMANI 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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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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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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Let each dawn find us courageous, brought closer, heeding the lights before the fight is over.
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I try to approach reading in front of millions of people as I would reading in somebody’s living room.
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See the line where the sky meets the sea.
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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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What’s really funny about being National Youth Poet Laureate is that not everyone even knows it exists.
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What a day. What a life. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you
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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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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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I am my own best mirror.
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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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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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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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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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