The 22-year-old composed a poem, "The Hill We Climb," that acknowledges the recent insurrection attempt, but turns resolutely toward hope. "The new dawn blooms," she writes.
While we have our eyes on the future, history has our eyes on us, Gorman said on stage. This is the era of just redemption.
Gorman continues a tradition for Democratic presidents that includes such celebrated poets as Robert Frost and Maya Angelou. The latter s “On the Pulse of Morning, written for the 1993 inauguration of President Bill Clinton, went on to sell more than 1 million copies when published in book form. Recent readers include poets Elizabeth Alexander and Richard Blanco.
Gorman is the youngest inaugural poet in memory, and she has made news before. In 2014, she was named the first Youth Poet Laureate of Los Angeles, and three years later she became the country s first National Youth Poet Laureate. She has appeared on MTV; written a tribute to Black athletes for Nike; and has a two-book deal with Viking Children s Books. The first work, the picture book “Change Sings, comes out later this year.
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Poet Amanda Gorman recites ‘The Hill We Climb’ at inauguration
Gorman is the youngest inaugural poet at 22
Amanda Gorman, at just the age of 22, became the youngest poet to read at an inauguration.
Goodman cemented her place in history as she stood at the podium of the 59
th Inauguration as she read “The Hill We Climb,” which she wrote in honor of the occasion at the U.S. Capitol. It was a message of unity, especially against the backdrop of the violence that took place just two weeks ago after pro-Trump supporters sieged the Capitol.
Amanda Gorman, the nation s first-ever youth poet laureate, called for Americans to leave behind a country better than the one we were left and unify together as she spoke at President Joe Biden s inauguration. https://t.co/cqB4pZpaAvpic.twitter.com/BnAImxmhq6
At age 22, poet Amanda Gorman, chosen to read at the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden, already has a history of writing for official occasions.