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Dec 30, 2021 · We all have this capacity to find solutions for the future.”. — Amanda Gorman. “I think when [children] view themselves represented in stories as agents of hope and light and change, that’s one of the greatest ways we can empower the next generation to take charge.”. — Amanda Gorman, in a 2023 interview.
Jan 20, 2021 · Gorman, 22, wrote the piece after January 6th’s attack on the Capitol. “In my poem, I’m not going to in any way gloss over what we’ve seen over the past few weeks and, dare I say, the past ...
- “There is always light. Only if we are brave enough to see it. There is always light. Only if we are brave enough to be it.” ― Amanda Gorman.
- “We've learned that quiet isn't always peace.” ― Amanda Gorman, Call Us What We Carry: Poems.
- “We lay down our arms. so we can reach out our arms. to one another. We seek harm to none and harmony for all. Let the globe, if nothing else, say this is true
- “When day comes, we step out of the shade of flame and unafraid. The new dawn balloons as we free it. For there is always light, if only we’re brave enough to see it.
- “I’m not going to in any way gloss over what we’ve seen over the past few weeks and, dare I say, the past few years, but what I really aspire to do in the poem is to be able to use my words to envision a way in which our country can still come together and can still heal.”
- “While we might feel small, separate, and all alone, our people have never been more tightly tethered. The question’s not if we will weather this unknown, but how we will weather the unknown together.”
- “I saw tens of thousands of women sharing their pain on the internet and I decided to write this piece, ‘Sestina for my Sisters’. For me, it was a way to play with shape, play with this poetic form with a topic that felt raw and changing in a way that this structure is not.”
- “I’m so glad you brought up the last line, hope isn’t something that we ask of others, it’s something that we have to demand from ourselves.” – Amanda Gorman, in an interview with Anderson Cooper.
Jan 22, 2021 · “Amanda Gorman Captures the Moment, in Verse” (The New York Times, Jan. 21) “Amanda Gorman Is Giving Americans Hope” (The Late Show with James Corden, Jan. 21, 2021) “Amanda Gorman’s poetic answer to pandemic grief: ‘Do not ignore the pain’” (PBS NewsHour, Jan. 21, 2021) From the Catbird Seat Posts about Inaugural Poets
Jan 14, 2022 · - Amanda Gorman, Call Us What We Carry “If we merge mercy with might, and might with right, Then love becomes our legacy, And change, our children’s birthright.” - Amanda Gorman, The Hill We Climb: An Inaugural Poem for the Country "Life is not what is promised, But what is sought" - Amanda Gorman, Call Us What We Carry"
Amanda Gorman is a poet who read one of her own poems at Joe Biden’s inauguration as president of the United States on January 20, 2021. At 22 years old she is the youngest…
