Our country, which we do not forsake for being un-great, th… - Amanda Gorman

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Our country, which we do not
forsake for being un-great, that
we should find by being good.

Amanda Gorman

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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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We mourn the past More than we miss it. We revere the regular more Than we remember it honestly. Don’t we recognize All the ways Normal can S p utt e r & Die.

Life is not what is promised,
But what is sought.
These bones, not what is found,
But what we've fought.
Our truth, not what we said,
But what we thought.
Our lesson, all we have taken
& all we have brought.

For it’s our grief that gives us our gratitude, Shows us how to find hope, if we ever lose it. So ensure that this ache wasn’t endured in vain: Do not ignore the pain. Give it purpose. Use it.

Our country, which we do not forsake for being un-great, that we should find by being good. - Amanda Gorman

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