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This is in the poetry rotation I read aloud with my little one most mornings. I still cry when I get to the part about what we leave for future generations. I love the fact that this was published as its own little token of Ms Gorman's iconic moment.

rereader33's review against another edition

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5.0

2024 Fuck You, Censorship Project

This poem was challenged in schools for "hate messages" and "critical race theory"(?).

I have never seen a better case of "tell me you haven't read the book (or poem, in this case) without telling me you haven't read the book" in recent years. To assume that this poem contains hate messages is beyond ludicrous. This is easily one of the most inspiring, uplifting, and heartfelt poems I've read in recent years; it is about compassion, resilience, courage, and hope, and how we will not overcome our obstacles without these things.

They want to ban a poem that is capable of inspiring hope and change in a nation currently fraught with hate and misery. What does that say about them?

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inspiring

4.0

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hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

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3.0

inaugural poem about freedoms, equality and legacy
crazy wordplay

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