America’s first ever youth poet laureate Amanda Gorman delivered a self-penned poem at the swearing in of US President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris, the youngest ever to perform at a presidential inaugural
It says a lot when a nation makes room for its poets and poetry, for writers and literature. Already it is a step closer to greatness, a testament to a people’s noble spirit, and a quest for truth. For at the core of everything that’s been written, at least outside the realm of commerce and propaganda, especially everything that’s been written as an art form or in pursuit of artistic expression, is the truth of our humanity, a repository of our most compelling fears, and a vessel of our grandest hopes and dreams for ourselves and for each other.