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Jan 21, 2021
"But one thing is certain:
If we merge mercy with might,
and might with right,
then love becomes our legacy" --Amanda Gorman
Amanda Gorman: The Miracle of Morning
Amanda Gorman has achieved many firsts, including being the first-ever National Youth Poet Laureate in the United States at age 19. On January 20, 2021, the 22-year-old Gorman read at the inauguration of President Joe Biden. What follows here is a video of her reciting "The Miracle of Morning," a poem written several years ago "when hurricanes, hate crimes, and deportations were some of the many crises in our headlines." The poem now re-emerges during a pandemic, each line filled with words of hope for a golden morning.
BE THE CHANGE
Watch or read Amanda Gorman's powerful inaugural poem "The Hill We Climb," and discuss it with different generations of people in your life today. What does it evoke in you? More ...
