‘Our goal is never revenge’: Poet Amanda Gorman’s path for healing
by Elizabeth Lund
Jan 11, 2022
2 minutes
Millions of Americans experienced the power of poetry when Amanda Gorman presented “The Hill We Climb” at the presidential inauguration of Joe Biden last January. Gorman, the youngest inaugural poet, acknowledged that America is “far from polished, far from pristine,” yet captured the hopes of many with her closing lines: “The new dawn blooms as we free it, / For there is always light, / If
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