Amanda Gorman 2021.
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The awe-inspiring Amanda Gorman gifted us with a poem for the new year.
Amanda S. C. Gorman (born 1998) is an American poet, published author and activist. A Harvard graduate, her work focuses on issues of oppression, feminism, race, and marginalization, as well as the African diaspora. Gorman was the first person to be named National Youth Poet Laureate.
In 2021, she delivered her poem "The Hill We Climb" at the inauguration of U.S. President Joe Biden.
Gorman has said on several occasions that she intends to run for president in 2036.
You can see her recite New Day's Lyric on Instagram.
New Day's Lyric
We come together.
Mourning, we come to mend,
Withered, we come to weather,
Torn, we come to tend,
Battered, we come to better.
Tethered by this year of yearning,
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