Pandemic restrictions forced many here locally to cancel their trips to Washington, D.C., but the history-making moments were still celebrated safely at home.
Amanda Gorman, the United States' first National Youth Poet Laureate, referenced everything from Biblical scriptures and Hamilton, and at times echoed the oratory of John F Kennedy and the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. at the presidential inauguration.
Amanda Gorman. Photo: @aokileesimmons, Instagram
ENTERTAINMENT NEWS - While you may not necessarily know her name yet, by now you have most probably seen a video clip or photograph of the young woman in yellow who performed at US President Joe Biden’s inauguration.
But who exactly is the woman in the yellow coat?
Amanda Gorman is a 22-year-old poet who delivered her work,
The Hill We Climb, to the socially distanced audience in Washington DC and everyone else watching from home all over the world.
Gorman was recommended by US’s new First Lady, Jill Biden.
It was this same invitation that inspired her outfit for the day.
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Poet Amanda Gorman: ‘Even as we grieved, we grew.’ January 20, 2021 12:52 PM CDT By Hillel Italie
Inaugural poet Amanda Gorman reads a poem during the 59th Presidential Inauguration at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Jan. 20, 2021. AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, Pool
NEW YORK (AP) Inaugural poet Amanda Gorman summoned images dire and triumphant Wednesday as she called out to the world “even as we grieved, we grew.”
In language referencing Biblical scripture and at times echoing the oratory of John F. Kennedy and the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., the 22-year-old Gorman read with urgency and assertion as she began by asking “Where can we find light/In this never-ending shade?” and used her own poetry and life story as an answer. The poem’s very titl