Gorman, Amanda
Amanda Gorman Poem: Hymn for the Hurting
Everything hurts,Our hearts shadowed and strange,Minds made muddied and mute.We carry tragedy, terrifying and true.And yet none of it is new;We knew it as home,As horror,As heritage.Even our childrenCannot be children,Cannot be. Everything hurts.It’s a hard time to be alive,And even harder to stay that way.We’re burdened to live out these days,While at the same […]
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Amanda Gorman: Why I Almost Didn’t Read My Poem at the Inauguration
It’s told like this: Amanda Gorman performed at the inauguration, and the rest is history. The truth is I almost declined to be the inaugural poet. Why? I was terrified. I was scared of failing my people, my poetry. But I was also terrified on a physical level. Covid was still raging, and my age […]
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