Amanda Gorman's “The Hill We Climb” (Full Text)

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Post by intrepidhero » Thu, Jan 21, 2021, 4:10 PM UTC

Amanda Gorman's “The Hill We Climb” (Full Text)
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Post by fullstop » Thu, Jan 21, 2021, 4:25 PM UTC

The text, while worth reading, is "incomplete" without her delivery. If you've not seen her speaking it I highly encourage you to do so -- her delivery was absolutely amazing.

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Post by aidenn0 » Thu, Jan 21, 2021, 4:43 PM UTC

fullstop wrote: post #2

The text, while worth reading, is "incomplete" without her delivery. If you've not seen her speaking it I highly encourage you to do so -- her delivery was absolutely amazing.

As an aside, she apparently has a speech impediment, so had to rehearse the delivery quite a bit. There was a quote from her about how hard it was to rehearse that much while not sounding robotic.

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Post by felixr » Thu, Jan 21, 2021, 4:56 PM UTC

fullstop wrote: post #2

The text, while worth reading, is "incomplete" without her delivery. If you've not seen her speaking it I highly encourage you to do so -- her delivery was absolutely amazing.

I agree. Definitely worth listening to. Here is a link to the video: https://youtu.be/2mTmTdOgv0M

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Post by mcguire » Thu, Jan 21, 2021, 5:11 PM UTC

"*And, yes, we are far from polished, far from pristine, but that doesn’t mean we are striving to form a union that is perfect."

Um,...?

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Post by war1025 » Thu, Jan 21, 2021, 5:16 PM UTC

mcguire wrote: post #5

"*And, yes, we are far from polished, far from pristine, but that doesn’t mean we are striving to form a union that is perfect." Um,...?

I have to imagine that's just a typo, but who knows.

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Post by jbredeche » Thu, Jan 21, 2021, 5:17 PM UTC

If someone made a poster with this poem, or excerpts from the poem, on it - I would buy one. Probably some copyright issues though.

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Post by war1025 » Thu, Jan 21, 2021, 5:17 PM UTC

Seems like a pretty thinly veiled swipe at Trump to be honest.

Really looking forward to the next four years of "Isn't it great how we're all united in the common cause of hating half the country"

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Post by TeaDrunk » Thu, Jan 21, 2021, 5:21 PM UTC

jbredeche wrote: post #7

If someone made a poster with this poem, or excerpts from the poem, on it - I would buy one. Probably some copyright issues though.

You can likely tweet or email her directly to request a merchandise store. She may already be close to opening one and can share the good news with you!

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Post by TeaDrunk » Thu, Jan 21, 2021, 5:24 PM UTC

war1025 wrote: post #8

Seems like a pretty thinly veiled swipe at Trump to be honest. Really looking forward to the next four years of "Isn't it great how we're all united in the common cause of hating half the country"

Politely, who the heck would write, much less put in the practice of reciting, a several minutes-long poem for a thinly veiled swipe at a political figure? Amanda could've just spat out a hot take on twitter if she wanted that, same as everyone else who wants to make swipes.