Poet Amanda Gorman Speaks at the Biden-Harris Inauguration 2021 - YouTube

Amanda Gorman's reading of her poem "The Hill We Climb" at the Inauguration this week was incredibly powerful and a moment I will remember for a long time. I've come to appreciate the power that can be in poetry, and this is an incredible example of that. Anderson Cooper's interview with Gorman has interesting back story and history behind it, and the NY Times writeup is a good read as well. Brad Feld posted the text of the poem in his post if you want to read it.

Gorman also has a TED Talk from 2018 (when she must have been just 20 years old?) titled Using your voice is a political choice that is powerful as well. Check out her Wikipedia page for more information.