Amanda Gorman, the country’s first National Youth Poet Laureate, captivated the world on January 20 when she read her poem “The Hill We Climb” at the presidential inauguration. It was soon announced that she’d recite a poem at the Super Bowl. Former First Lady Michelle Obama heard Gorma...
I might review Amanda Gorman’s amazing poem from Joe Biden’s inauguration: “The Hill We Climb.” Or another of her awesome wordsmithing such as anything from her bookCall Us What We Carry.Or the recent poem “New Day’s Lyric,” which ends with the sentiment: ...
In her poem for the presidential inaugural, “The Hill We Climb,” the U.S. Youth Poet Laureate, Amanda Gorman, references the sign of the reluctant prophet Jonah: We’ve braved the belly of the beast; we’ve learned that quiet isn’t always peace. Like the prophets of old, she holds...
题目No pains,no gains.This is especially true for Amanda Gorman.In 2021,she became the youngest poet to write and read her works at a presidential inauguration (就职典礼).The 22-year old impressed the audience with The Hill We Climb,which referred to both painful history...
But still got to enjoy All the things that had moved him Until THEY’d become We learned after he’d gone The actual inspirations, all along Not the things he ingested All the things he took in But the things his creations injected within ...
I heard her say, “Grab my hand. I’ll help you climb.” I wanted to see past my village. “Maybe I can see my mama.” I said back. “You can do it,” I climbed the ant hill. It was 2.5 meters tall. “No fall.” I heard my baby brother. ...
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Words matter. So does their power, their delivery, and their truth. We were reminded of that and called to action in a very big way on Wednesday, when 23-year-old Los Angeles poetAmanda Gormanbrought a suffering, divided nation to its feet with her reading of “The Hill We Climb,” ...
there’d be a hill up ahead a climb of tiring incline that curved gently at the crest allowing a brief triumphant rest before yet another slide into more of the flesh scoring stories that held her life’s stride as she traced her way ...