So Powerful So Beautiful!!
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The inauguration of @JoeBiden featured a slew of high-profile performers, but for many it was @AmandascGorman, the youngest inaugural poet in US history, who truly wowed the crowd with this reading of her poem, The Hill We Climb.
Gorman, who was named the first-ever national youth poet laureate in 2017, gave a powerful, five-minute performance after Biden was sworn in. She recited a poem she had written, in part, on the day of the US Capitol riots on 6 January.
It was a tour-de-force from Gorman as she called for Americans to “leave behind a country better than the one we were left”.
“We’ve seen a force that would shatter our nation rather than share it,” Gorman read. “Would destroy our country if it meant delaying democracy. And this effort very nearly succeeded. But while democracy can be periodically delayed, it can never be permanently defeated.”
The performance won instant plaudits, including from @MichelleObama, @Oprah Winfrey, @AyannaPressley, Martin Luther King Jr's daughter @berniceaking, and @StaceyAbrams, the former Democratic candidate for Georgia governor who has been credited with boosting voter turnout in the state, leading to a rare Democratic win.
“Amanda Gorman’s message serves as an inspiration to us all,” Abrams tweeted.
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