In recent interviews, Gorman has shared that she, like President Biden, has a speech impediment and reciting poetry has helped her overcome it. Her very presence underscores the importance of representation - in the classroom, on the page and on the stage:ĭescended from slaves and raised by a single mother She is the right messenger for this pivotal time in our history. Gorman's clear-eyed recitation and powerful vision make her a strong advocate for literature and the arts. Jill Biden, our new First Lady, recommended her for this auspicious occasion. Gorman’s exhilarating five-minute poem is full of possibilities and plays on subtle rhymes and repetitions that build line after line.Īs the former first National Youth Poet Laureate, Gorman is no stranger to using her pen as an instrument of change. They acknowledge where we are as a society but their primary focus harkens to the future, striving to articulate the vision of a more perfect union. They are grand, sweeping, occasional poems meant to be all things to all people. Inaugural poems, by nature, are challenging to write.
(Drew Angerer/Getty Images) This article is more than 2 years old.Īfter President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris were sworn in Wednesday, Amanda Gorman, a 22-year-old poet and Los Angeles native, stepped onto the inaugural stage - maybe the largest stage there is - to deliver her poem “ The Hill We Climb.” And she delivered a showstopper. President Joe Biden on the West Front of the U.S. Poet Amanda Gorman speaks at the inauguration of U.S.
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