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Certain parts seemed like they were trying too hard, repetitive, or like they rushed the book before she had enough of her best work to share (which makes sense, with her being young but them also wanting to ride the wave of the huge success that was her amazing inauguration poem), but others were great.
Favorite poems and favorite lines:
"Shall this leave us bitter?
Or better?
Grieve.
Then choose."
"Since the world is round,
There is no way to walk away
From each other, for even then
We are coming back together."
Good Grief
"Our wounds, too, are our windows.
Through them we watch the world."
"Lost as we feel, there is no better
Compass than compassion."
Hephaestus
"Cordage, or Atonement"
Lucent
Earth Eyes
Pre-Memory
Who We Gonna Call
"It's said that ignorance is bliss.
Ignorance is this: a vine that sneaks up a tree, killing not by poison, but by blocking out its light.
. . . Ignorance isn't bliss. Ignorance is to miss: to block ourselves from seeing sky."
"a slur is a sound that beasts us."
"Hate only survives when hosted in humans.
If we are to give it anything,
Let it be our sorrow
& never our skin."
_ _ _ _ _ [GATED]
America
Fury & Faith
"We have battled hard to be."
"Would we crave peace if we knew what it was."
The Truth in One Nation
Libations
"We'll observe how the burdens braved by humankind
Are also the moments that make us humans kind"
Augury or The Birds
"distance
Renders all massiveness
Carriable."
The Hill We Climb
Favorite poems and favorite lines:
"Shall this leave us bitter?
Or better?
Grieve.
Then choose."
"Since the world is round,
There is no way to walk away
From each other, for even then
We are coming back together."
Good Grief
"Our wounds, too, are our windows.
Through them we watch the world."
"Lost as we feel, there is no better
Compass than compassion."
Hephaestus
"Cordage, or Atonement"
Lucent
Earth Eyes
Pre-Memory
Who We Gonna Call
"It's said that ignorance is bliss.
Ignorance is this: a vine that sneaks up a tree, killing not by poison, but by blocking out its light.
. . . Ignorance isn't bliss. Ignorance is to miss: to block ourselves from seeing sky."
"a slur is a sound that beasts us."
"Hate only survives when hosted in humans.
If we are to give it anything,
Let it be our sorrow
& never our skin."
_ _ _ _ _ [GATED]
America
Fury & Faith
"We have battled hard to be."
"Would we crave peace if we knew what it was."
The Truth in One Nation
Libations
"We'll observe how the burdens braved by humankind
Are also the moments that make us humans kind"
Augury or The Birds
"distance
Renders all massiveness
Carriable."
The Hill We Climb
challenging
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
challenging
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
challenging
emotional
inspiring
fast-paced
emotional
hopeful
reflective
medium-paced
Amazing.
Amanda Gorman. When you run for president, I will go door to door for you.
Amanda Gorman. When you run for president, I will go door to door for you.
emotional
hopeful
reflective
sad
fast-paced
emotional
hopeful
fast-paced
I both listened and read this, as both what Gorman does in performance AND how she composes on the page are worthwhile and additive. An incredibly strong collection and many pieces would be fantastic for HS history and civics classes, beyond the obvious English connections.
I took this book slow and tried to only read a few poems at a time. They are deep, thought-provoking, political and inspiring. There are poems about the pandemic, racism, the George Floyd riots, and poems about hope.
Amanda Gordon is so young and so talented. I could read each poem over and over again and still find something new. I felt inspired, convicted, and sad all at the same time. I’m not much of a poetry reader but I’m learning and this book pushed me and forced me to slow down my usually rapid speed of reading.
Amanda Gordon is so young and so talented. I could read each poem over and over again and still find something new. I felt inspired, convicted, and sad all at the same time. I’m not much of a poetry reader but I’m learning and this book pushed me and forced me to slow down my usually rapid speed of reading.