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How Bay Area youth poets saw Amanda Gorman’s work at the Super Bowl and inauguration
The poet is a particular touchstone for young Bay Area poets such as Jayvyn Morthel, Tova Ricardo and Jessica Vallan
Lily Janiak February 7, 2021Updated: February 24, 2021, 3:31 pm
Poet Amanda Gorman reads at the presidential inauguration on Jan. 20. Photo: Gabrielle Lurie, The Chronicle
In the minutes before the kickoff to Super Bowl LV, amid the flame graphics and fireworks, after the flyover of military jets and the shots of soldiers serving overseas, there was an unusual pregame sight: a poet.
But if you saw Amanda Gorman at President Biden’s inauguration, where her performance of her poem “The Hill We Climb” became a new era’s rallying cry, you might not be surprised to see her address the nation on TV again. On Jan. 20, she was both poised and impassioned, both fresh and wise. She had vision of the future, and she exuded the power to march the rest of us toward making tha
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