At 22 years old, most young Americans are completing college, applying to jobs and wondering where their futures will lead them. Amanda Gorman, on the other hand, had already inspired the entire nation, become a breakout internet sensation, and still has an incredibly bright future ahead of her. Joining the ranks of Maya Angelou, Robert Frost and Elizabeth Alexander, Gorman is the youngest inaugural poet ever in the United States.
The Los Angeles native, who made history as the first National Youth Poet Laureate, up and stole the show at the inauguration of President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris with her message of light and hope . She brought to life the messaging of the poem she read, “The Hill We Climb,” through her bright clothing.
She grew up in Los Angeles and was named the Youth Poet Laureate of Los Angeles in 2014 after entering her work in local writing contests. In 2017, she became the first U.S. National Youth Poet Laureate. She reportedly landed on the Bidens’ radar that same year when she read her poem “In This Place at the Library of Congress; Jill Biden is said to have reached out to her in the lead-up to the inauguration about writing and reading a piece at President Biden’s swearing in.
“If we merge mercy with might and might with right, then love becomes our legacy,” she told the crowd at the inauguration. Poet Laureate Amanda Gorman, in Prada, prepares to speak at the inauguration of U.S. President Joe Biden on the West Front of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 20, 2021, in Washington, D.C.
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