Gorman's new poem comes more than three years after she became the youngest inaugural poet in the nation's history with her performance at President Biden's 2021 inauguration.
Amanda Gorman painted a portrait of a country 'worthy' of the 'American dream' when reciting a new poem at the Democratic National Convention Wednesday night.Despite other speakers loudly voicing support for the Harris-Walz ticket — and often voicing disdain for that of the other party — Gorman's self-written work titled 'The Scared Scene' mentioned no names or parties.
This cemented her as the youngest-ever inaugural poet — and cemented the president as only the fourth to have had a poem read at his inauguration.In an interview with Vanity Fair, Gorman said she had been thinking about a poem for Biden's reelection campaign before he withdrew from the race and threw his support behind Harris. She said she then began thinking of a new poem centered on 'expressing hope for what could be, especially at the idea of having a Black-Indian woman be president.
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