Amanda gorman poem the hill we climb7/8/2023 ![]() ![]() To compose a country committed to all cultures, colors, characters and conditions of man.Īnd so we lift our gaze, not to what stands between us, but what stands before us. We are striving to forge our union with purpose. We, the successors of a country and a time where a skinny Black girl descended from slaves and raised by a single mother can dream of becoming president, only to find herself reciting for one.Īnd, yes, we are far from polished, far from pristine, but that doesn’t mean we are striving to form a union that is perfect. Somehow we weathered and witnessed a nation that isn’t broken, but simply unfinished. We’ve learned that quiet isn’t always peace, and the norms and notions of what “just” is isn’t always justice.Īnd yet the dawn is ours before we knew it. When day comes, we ask ourselves, where can we find light in this never-ending shade? ![]() Here is Amanda reading her poem at Joe Biden’s inauguration day: Transcript: Full Text / Lyrics of The Hill We Climb Poem:Īmanda Gorman’s brilliant poem, The Hill We Climb, is dense and needs to be read carefully so that the meaning, wordplay can be appreciated. ![]() and words are more powerful than bullets. Amanda Gorman’s inauguration poem: At age 22 poet laureate Amanda Gorman became the youngest inaugural poet in history when she read her poem, “The Hill We Climb” at Joe Biden’s inauguration on January 20, 2021.ĭuring a time of shocking national division, Amanda Gorman provided us with proof that creativity is greater than destruction. ![]()
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