We became paid professionals of pain, Specialists in suffer… - Amanda Gorman

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We became paid professionals of pain, Specialists in suffering, Aces of the ache, Masters of the moan.

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Amanda Gorman (born 7 March 1998) is an American poet and social activist. She published the poetry book The One for Whom Food Is Not Enough in 2015, and became the first National Youth Poet Laureate in 2017. She studied sociology at Harvard College, and graduated cum laude as a member of Phi Beta Kappa. She received worldwide attention with her recitation of her poem "The Hill We Climb" written for the inauguration of US President Joe Biden.

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Alternative Names: Amanda S. C. Gorman

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Writing, truth-telling to one another, is an act of hope-making when hope is hardest found.

That is the promised glade, The hill we climb, if only we dare it: Because being American is more than a pride we inherit — It’s the past we step into, and how we repair it.

And yes, we are far from polished, far from pristine. But this doesn’t mean we’re striving to form a union that is perfect. We are striving to forge our union with purpose,

We became paid professionals of pain, Specialists in suffering, Aces of the ache, Masters of the moan. - Amanda Gorman

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