Amanda Gorman:Meet Joe Biden's 22-year-old inauguration poet

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https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-55738564



Amanda Gorman "screamed and danced her head off" when she found out she had been chosen to read one of her poems at Joe Biden's inauguration ceremony.

At the age of 22, the Los Angeles-born writer and performer is the youngest poet to perform at a presidential inauguration.

She told the BBC's World Service she felt "excitement, joy, honour and humility" when she was asked to take part in the ceremony, "and also at the same time terror".

Her poem, The Hill We Climb, is a new composition she said she hoped would "speak to the moment" and "do this time justice".

"I really wanted to use my words to be a point of unity and collaboration and togetherness," she told the World Service's Newshour programme before the ceremony.

"I think it's about a new chapter in the United States, about the future, and doing that through the elegance and beauty of words."

Gorman completed her poem on 6 January, the day the Capitol in Washington DC was stormed by supporters of former President Donald Trump.

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Her reading of her poem about democracy and unity was exceptional! 22 years old...wow/

[Raven123]

1. Just wow!

[Blue Owl]

2. K&R

She knocked it out of the park!

[MFGsunny]

3. Brilliant and utterly soul-stirring - aspiration and inspiration.

Humbled by her wisdom and lyricism.

We learn from our children and grandchildren.

Thank you!

[Amaryllis]

4. I wonder how they found her...