Washington, United States
Dressed in yellow and with a large red diadem crowning her head, the young African American Amanda Gorman He stunned the public at Joe Biden’s inauguration ceremony on Wednesday with his verses that called for the unity of America.
At just 22 years old, the young woman from Los Angeles (West Coast) recited a poem of her own creation, ‘The Hill We Climb’, a reference to the Capitol, the seat of Congress invaded by a crowd of supporters of the departing president. , Republican Donald Trump, on January 6.
His text, which he wrote in one go after the invasion that killed five, evokes “a force that will destroy our nationinstead of sharing it. This attempt was almost successful, but while democracy can sometimes be delayed, it cannot be permanently suppressed. ‘
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In a calm voice, she voiced her rhymes and accompanied them with graceful movements, without any stuttering that, like Joe Biden, affected her in her youth. And it also prompted her to start writing, to make up for that difficulty.
The poet described herself as’ a skinny black girl, descendants of slaves, raised by a single mother“,” found “reciting” in the presence of a president.
Child prodigy girl, Gorman won her first prize for poetry at the age of 16 and was crowned ‘best young poet’ in the country three years later He studied sociology at the prestigious Harvard University.
For her, five other poets, including Robert Frost and Maya AngelouThey attended the inauguration ceremonies of US presidents, but none were that young.
According to the American press, his name was presented to the organizers of the ceremony by Jill Biden, wife of the now 46th president, who attended one of his lectures.