Amanda Gorman Empowers Young Readers with New Children’s Book ‘Girls on the Rise’ https://shinemycrown.com/amanda-gorman-empowers-young-readers-with-new-childrens-book-girls-on-the-rise/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #AmandaGorman #GirlsOnTheRise #Empowerment #ChildrensBooks #Inspiration
Amanda Gorman says a ban on her poetry felt ‘like a gut punch’: Full interview
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gR-yervhhBc #bookbans #censorship #AmandaGorman #politics
THE STATE OF #FLORIDA BANNED the poem #AmandaGorman delivered at #Biden's inauguration in 2021.
I'd love to ask #Trumpsters if they believe there was anything "Vulgar" or "Offensive" about America's youngest-ever "Poet Laureate"s poem that justified a state-wide ban? 
Did it contain profanity? No. Racist or offensive language? No. Promote violence? No. (All stuff T**** is guilty of.)
You can tell a lot about a society by what they fear/ban. #Fascism
"Lost as we feel, there is no better compass than compassion" - Amanda Gorman, poet laureate
#amandagorman #amazingwomen #compassion
#Licht im Dunkel 
[I love YOU #AmandaG
zärtlich
tanzend wirbelnd wie
der Sturm der
kommt.
Die Zeit verwirbelnd
mit dem Raum.
Ein Traumzeitwirbelsturm,
eine winzige Liebe
am Rande der
Unendlichkeit zitternd.
Licht bist DU das strömt
und strahlt
jeder Schwerkraft
widerstehend.
Die Seele weiß nicht um
die Mächte der Gezeiten.
Sie ist wie die Mitte.
Leicht fühlt sie sich an.] #Zeitdilatation
![Potrait Amanda Gorman trägt ein Gedich vor, bei der amtseinführung des amerikanischen Präsidenten 2021
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(* 7. März 1998 in Los Angeles, Kalifornien) ist eine US-amerikanische Schriftstellerin, Lyrikerin und Aktivistin. Sie setzt sich mit Themen wie Unterdrückung, Feminismus und Rassismus auseinander.[1]
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Amanda Gorman on Her New Book ‘Girls on the Rise’: A Celebration of Women’s Resilience https://shinemycrown.com/amanda-gorman-on-her-new-book-girls-on-the-rise-a-celebration-of-womens-resilience/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #AmandaGorman #GirlsOnTheRise #WomensResilience #Poetry #Inspiration
Amanda Gorman's poem "The Hill We Climb" is on my mind. I feel we're at one of the steep and difficult parts of the hill, almost like the hole just appeared l, and we're going to have to crawl out of it to begin climbing again.
(Daisy Salinas is an asshat).
#d_history #poetry #history p_lit_poetry #AmandaGorman #USPol #2024USPol #USPol2024
It takes a monster to kill children. But to watch monsters kill children again & again and do nothing isn’t insanity - it’s inhumanity.
- Amanda Gorman, Poet
– Poet and activist Amanda Gorman spoke at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago on Wednesday, a night focused on fighting “for our freedoms,” from democracy to reproductive rights and more.
#AmandaGorman
#DNC2024 #poetry
#forThePeople #forOurFuture
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/watch-poet-amanda-gorman-recites-the-sacred-scene-at-2024-democratic-national-convention
#USpolitics #AmandaGorman #DNC
I was very, very moved by this poem, for the second time. [The first time being at the inaugeration of Obama]
Full text of the poem at the bottom of this 'toot'.
"'This Sacred Scene': Amanda Gorman's CAPTIVATES DNC With POWERFUL PERFORMANCE | Roland Martin" [3:31 min]
by Roland S. Martin
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bADl0cmv9_o
Quote by RSM:
"Aug 22, 2024
Poet and activist Amanda Gorman took the stage at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago on Wednesday, delivering a powerful message on the fight for freedoms, from democracy to reproductive rights.
Gorman, the former National Youth Poet Laureate, recited her poem "This Sacred Scene," celebrating the historic possibility of Vice President Kamala Harris becoming the first woman of color to serve as U.S. president.
Text of the poem:
We gather at this hollowed place
because we believe in the American dream
We face a race that tests if this country we cherish
shall perish
from the earth and
if our earth shall perish
from this country
It falls to us to ensure that we do not fall
For a people that cannot stand together
cannot stand at all
We are one family regardless of religion class or color
For what defines a patriot
is not just our love of Liberty
but our love for one another
This is loud in our country's call
because while we all love freedom
it is love that frees us all
Empathy emancipates
making us greater than hate or vanity
that is the American promise
powerful and pure
Divided we cannot endure
but united we can endeavor
to humanize our democracy
and endear democracy to humanity
And make no mistake
cohering is the hard hardest task history ever wrote
but tomorrow is not written by our odds of hardship
but by the audacity of our hope
By the Vitality of our vote
Only now approaching this rare air
are we aware that perhaps the American dream is no dream at all
but instead a dare to dream together
Like a million roots tethered branching up
humbly making one tree
this is our country
from many one
from battles one
our Freedom's sung
Our Kingdom Come
has just begun
We redeem this sacred scene
ready for our journey from it together
we must birth this early Republic and
Achieve an unearthly Summit
let us not just
believe in the American dream
let us be worthy of it
thank you
"Tomorrow is not written by our odds of hardship but by the audacity of our hope, by the vitality of our vote. Only now approaching this rare air are we aware that perhaps the American Dream is no dream at all, but instead a dare to dream together."
...Only now, approaching this rare air are we aware that perhaps the American dream is no dream at all, but instead a dare to dream together.
Like a million roots tethered, branching up humbly, making one tree.
This is our country from many, one, from battles won, our freedoms sung, our kingdom come has just begun.
We redeem this sacred scene ready for our journey from it.
Together, we must birth this early republic and achieve an unearthly summit.
Let us not just believe in the American dream. Let us be worthy of it.
This Sacred Scene, Amanda Gorman, 2024.
#AmandaGorman #Poet #Poetry #DNC
“cohering is the hardest task #history ever wrote”
[Video] #Watch: #Poet #AmandaGorman #Recites ‘#ThisSacredScene’ at 2024 #DemocraticNationalConvention.
Poet and #activist Amanda Gorman spoke at the #DNC in #Chicago on Wednesday, a night focused on #fighting “for our #freedoms,” from #democracy to #reproductiverights and more.
I present to you the power of a master wordsmith. People make speeches, but I just like poetry/spoken word better. Isn't it amazing that we can convey ideas without using the words that would convey them?
The line that absolutely put me on my knees tonight of course came from the soul of a poet:
“Perhaps the American Dream is not a dream at all — but a dare. To dream together.”
— Amanda Gorman, DNC 2024
#AmandaGorman's Amazing poem at the #DNC2024
#Democracy #Freedom #Unity #USPolitics #uspol
You can listen & read it here: https://aliceapp.ai/recordings/qUV69dYsy17ulH2kM3ALxZ5PpcWhbof0
Amanda Gorman Recites New Poem ‘This Sacred Scene’ At Democratic National Convention Day 3
#News #Politics #AmandaGorman #DemocraticNationalConvention #KamalaHarris #TimWalz
