![]() “Words matter.” She’s right of course, and in a world of speed and social media, of global connection and cultural consumerism, Gorman’s precise skill and deliberate poetic voice provided a sense of hope and reassurance to an ailing nation. ![]() We’ve seen over the past few years the ways that the power of words has been violated and misappropriated, and what I wanted to do was to kind of reclaim poetry as that site in which we can can kind of re-purify, re-sanctify, not only the Capitol building which we saw violated, but the power of words.” “To me, words matter,” she said, “and I think that’s what made this inauguration that much more sentimental and special. In an interview with Anderson Cooper, Gorman reflected on the philosophical foundation which guides her as a writer, and which inspired her to write “The Hill We Climb”. And I found the thoughts she shared after the ceremony equally valuable. ![]() Her strength, as well as her authorial merit, made her work quite impossible to forget. ![]() Amanda Gorman, first National Youth Poet Laureate, instituted herself as a household name with her eloquent performance at Wednesday’s inauguration. ![]()
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