Search Amanda Gorman becomes first person to perform a poem during the Super Bowl Entertainment - By Derrick Oluoch | February 10th 2021 at 12:45:00 GMT +0300 Inaugral poet Amanda Gorman. She is the first person to ever perform a poem at the Super Bowl (Courtesy) Amanda Gorman performed during the LV Super Bowl game between the Kansas City Chiefs and Tampa Bay Buccaneers held on February 7 to become the first person to ever perform an original poem during the game. In her original piece titled Chorus of the Captains, Gorman, 22, saluted three honorees whose works have been phenomenal, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic.