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Through poetry we shall catch the conscience of a nation.

Amanda Gorman

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  Poetry has never been the language of barriers, it’s always been the language of bridges.

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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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  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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  Your daily challenge to not be like a boss, but the boss, in all things you.

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  I grew up at this incredibly odd intersection in Los Angeles, where it felt like the black ‘hood met black elegance met white gentrification met Latin culture met wetlands.

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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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  I was born early, along with my twin, and a lot of times, for infants, that can lead to learning delays.

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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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  Truth is to act out of the best of ourselves.

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  If a woman doesn’t give herself permission, who will?

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  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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  Poetry and language are often at the heartbeat of movements for change.

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  I was writing since I can remember – I just didn’t know it was poetry yet, or that writing could be a career.

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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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