Amanda Gorman
Amanda Gorman is an American poet who gained international recognition reading her poem "The Hill We Climb" at President Joe Biden's 2021 inauguration.
She was the youngest inaugural poet in U.S. history.
Her work often addresses themes of race, justice, and American identity.
She was named the first National Youth Poet Laureate in 2017.
- poetWriter of verse
- inaugurationFormal beginning ceremony
- youthState of being immature
- HarvardPrestigious Cambridge university
- activistVigorous cause champion
verse · spoken word · spoken word poetry · poetry reading · Biden · recital · call to action · hope · voice · Los Angeles · Super Bowl · viral moment · young · Black · braids · powerful · eloquent · rising
- Activist PoetsPablo Neruda, Langston Hughes, Bertolt Brecht, Gil Scott-Heron, Percy Shelley
- Poets LaureateAlfred Tennyson, Tennyson, William Wordsworth, Wordsworth, Ted Hughes
- poetrypoem, poems, poetry, verse, verses
- American WomenRosa Parks, Harriet Tubman, Eleanor Roosevelt, Susan B. Anthony, Amelia Earhart
- teen poetryteen angst, young poets, coming-of-age, self-discovery, youth voice
poetic voice and style
Amanda GormanCharles Bukowski
Sylvia Plath · Edgar Allan Poe · Allen Ginsberg · Jim Morrison
cultural positioning and representation
Amanda GormanEzra Pound