CA's Amanda Gorman To Become The Super Bowl's First Poet - Los Angeles, CA - The poet laureate who gained national attention at President Joe Biden's inauguration will recite an original poem at Super Bowl LV.
Over time we can erode hate and division By Contributor Published: 11:29, 27 January 2021
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FOOD FOR THOUGHT: By the Rev David Macartney, North Coast Parish, Church of Scotland
The US Youth Poet Laureate Amanda Gorman recited her poem âThe hill we climbâ at President Joe Biden s inauguration, and I found myself moved.
âLet the globe, if nothing else, say this is true, that even as we grieved, we grew. That even as we hurt, we hoped. That even as we tired, we tried. That weâll forever be tied together, victorious, not because we will never again know defeat, but because we will never again sow division.
On the inauguration festivities, Joy Reid says Poet Laureate Amanda Gorman stole the show: “That is the America that won and defeated the ugly forces of January 6th.”
CHICAGO (WLS) Young poets from the Chicago area are hopeful that Amanda Gorman s podium performance will help other writers get their words and voices heard.
The power of 22-year-old Gorman s words were not a surprise to those in Chicago s spoken word scene.
WATCH: Amanda Gorman recites The Hill We Climb
Inaugural poet Amanda Gorman summoned images dire and triumphant as she called out to the world even as we grieved, we grew. It was just really awesome to be able to see poetry, to just see how important it is - that it s literally integral to every space, including the presidential office, said Kara Jackson. Like Gorman, she is a previous US Youth Poet Laureate.
Youth Poet Laureate Amanda Gorman, 22, delivered her poem
The Hill We Climb on Wednesday at President Joe Biden’s inauguration. In it, she delves into our collective struggle to find purpose, common ground, justice, community, and love in times of grief and darkness. “We will not march back to what was, but move to what shall be.” What are you moving towards today? What drives you forward? When you blunder and feel burdened, what, or who, helps you rise? “The new dawn blooms as we free it/For there is always light,/if only we’re brave enough to see it.” Look into the dawn – what light do you see?