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A STAR IS BORN

IT WASN’T Lady Gaga belting out the national anthem or Jennifer Lopez in full cry or even Joe Biden delivering his first speech as president – the moment that really stood out at America’s 2021 Inauguration Day celebrations was when a 22-year-old poet hardly anyone had ever heard of totally stole the show.

Although not many people watching Amanda Gorman’s lyrical performance knew her name or that she’s America’s first youth poet laureate or that she was the youngest poet by far to recite at a presidential inauguration, what they did know was that they were witnessing something very special: the

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