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Richard Blanco (born February 15, 1968) is an American poet, public speaker, author, playwright, and civil engineer.He is the fifth poet to read at a United States presidential inauguration, having read the poem "One Today" for Barack Obama's second inauguration.
The Hill We Climb by Amanda Gorman Gorman reciting "The Hill We Climb" at Joe Biden's inauguration Written December 30, 2020 – January 6, 2021 Country United States Language English "The Hill We Climb" is a spoken word poem written by American poet Amanda Gorman and recited by her at the inauguration of Joe Biden in Washington, D.C., on January 20, 2021. The poem was written in the weeks ...
One Today" is a poem by Richard Blanco first recited at the second inauguration of Barack Obama, making Blanco the fifth poet to read during a United States presidential inauguration. "One Today" was called "a fine example of public poetry, in keeping with Blanco’s other work: Loose, open lines of mostly conversational verse, a flexible ...
Wordsmith Amanda Gorman became the youngest inaugural poet in American history when she recited her work “The Hill We Climb” during Wednesday’s scaled-down inauguration at the Capitol. Like ...
The youngest-ever inaugural poet exploded onto the national stage when she spoke at President Joe Biden's inauguration. Here are some things you should know about her and how she got there. The ...
Inaugural poet Amanda Gorman summoned images dire and triumphant Wednesday as she called out to the world “even as we grieved, we grew." ... “That day gave me a second wave of energy to finish ...
Amanda S. C. Gorman [1] (born March 7, 1998) [2] is an American poet, activist, and model. Her work focuses on issues of oppression, feminism, race and marginalization, as well as the African diaspora. Gorman was the first person to be named National Youth Poet Laureate. She published the poetry book The One for Whom Food Is Not Enough in 2015.
Poet Amanda Gorman brought a message of hope and love when she made an appearance Wednesday at the DNC convention. Watch Gorman's full clip here.