Alora Young actually teaches a creative writing class at her high school. Her poems come with power. Author: WSMV Updated: 6:38 PM EST January 26, 2021
A lot of talk was generated after Amanda Gorman, the 22-year-old National Youth Poet Laureate, read the inaugural poem at President Joe Biden s swearing-in ceremony.
But if you thought Gorman was impressive, you might want to meet Alora Young, Tennessee s Youth Poet Laureate. I ve been a poet as long as I knew how to talk, which has been a really long time, Young said.
A long time in her mind 17 years that s how old she is. From the time I was 10 months old I ve been saying I wanted to be a writer, which is weird, because how does a baby know they want to be a writer? Young says with a smile.
NFL picks 3 honorary captains, Amanda Gorham for coin toss
by The Associated Press
Last Updated Jan 27, 2021 at 12:44 pm EDT
NEW YORK The NFL has selected three people who have served during the coronavirus pandemic as honorary captains for the Super Bowl along with inaugural poet Amanda Gorman for an original poem.
Commissioner Roger Goodell announced Wednesday that educator Trimaine Davis, nurse manager Suzie Dorner and Marine veteran James Martin will take part in the coin toss on Feb. 7 in Tampa, Florida. The trio was picked for embodying the NFL’s message of “It Takes All of Us” this season.
Gorman, the country’s first National Youth Poet Laureate, recited “The Hill We Climb” at the Biden inauguration Jan. 20. She will recite her poem about the trio’s impact before the game, which will be televised and shown inside Raymond James Stadium.
WASHINGTON (CNS) Long before she burst into the public spotlight delivering her inauguration poem, Amanda Gorman got a standing ovation from fellow parishioners of St. Brigid Church in Los Angeles for reciting a poem she wrote about the parish.
And on Jan. 20, at the inauguration ceremony of President Joe Biden, parishioners watching this young woman on their TV screens addressing political leaders and the nation at large about courageously rebuilding the country applauded her all the
NFL picks three honorary captains for Super Bowl, with Amanda Gorman to read poem
NEW YORK The NFL has selected three people who have served the public during the coronavirus pandemic as honorary captains for the Super Bowl along with inaugural poet Amanda Gorman for an original poem.
Commissioner Roger Goodell announced Wednesday that educator Trimaine Davis, nurse manager Suzie Dorner and Marine veteran James Martin will take part in the coin toss on Feb. 7 in Tampa, Florida. The trio was picked for embodying the NFL s message of It Takes All of Us this season.
Gorman, the country s first National Youth Poet Laureate, recited The Hill We Climb at the Biden inauguration Jan. 20. She will recite her poem about the trio s impact before the game, which will be televised and shown inside Raymond James Stadium.
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The Poet Amanda Gorman Says America Can Be the ‘Light’ It Needs
Amanda Gorman, a 22-year-old poet, recited her poem “The Hill We Climb” at President Biden’s inauguration.
Mr. President, Dr. Biden, Madam Vice President, Mr. Emhoff, Americans and the world. When day comes, we ask ourselves, where can we find light in this never-ending shade the loss? The loss we carry asea we must wade. We’ve braved the belly of the beast. We’ve learned that quiet isn’t always peace. In the norms and notions of what just is, isn’t always justice. And yet the dawn is hours before we knew it. Somehow we do it. Somehow we’ve weathered and witnessed a nation that isn’t broken, but simply unfinished. We, the successors of a country and a time, where a skinny black girl, descended from slaves and raised by a single mother can dream of becoming president, only to find herself reciting for one. And yes, we are far from polished, far from pristine. But that doesn’t mean we are s