Call us what we carry : poems /
Gorman, Amanda, 1998-
Call us what we carry : poems / Amanda Gorman. - 228 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 212-223).
Requiem -- What a piece of wreck is man -- Earth eyes -- Memoria -- Atonement -- Fury & faith -- Resolution.
The presidential inaugural poet--and unforgettable new voice in American poetry--presents a collection of poems that includes the stirring poem read at the inauguration of the 46th President of the United States. Gorman explores history, language, identity, and erasure through an imaginative and intimate collage. Harnessing the collective grief of a global pandemic, her poems shine a light on a moment of reckoning and reveal that Gorman has become a messenger from the past, our voice for the future. The final poem in the book is The hill we climb, which was read at President Joseph Biden's 2021 inauguration. -- adapted from jacket and perusal of book
In English.
9780593465066 0593465067
Penguin Group USA, Order Processing Dept 120 Woodbine st, Bergenfield, NJ, USA, 07621 SAN 201-3975
Biden, Joseph R., Jr. --Inaugurations--Poetry.
Inauguration Day--Poetry.
Poetry.
United States--Social aspects--Poetry.
Poetry.
Call us what we carry : poems / Amanda Gorman. - 228 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 212-223).
Requiem -- What a piece of wreck is man -- Earth eyes -- Memoria -- Atonement -- Fury & faith -- Resolution.
The presidential inaugural poet--and unforgettable new voice in American poetry--presents a collection of poems that includes the stirring poem read at the inauguration of the 46th President of the United States. Gorman explores history, language, identity, and erasure through an imaginative and intimate collage. Harnessing the collective grief of a global pandemic, her poems shine a light on a moment of reckoning and reveal that Gorman has become a messenger from the past, our voice for the future. The final poem in the book is The hill we climb, which was read at President Joseph Biden's 2021 inauguration. -- adapted from jacket and perusal of book
In English.
9780593465066 0593465067
Penguin Group USA, Order Processing Dept 120 Woodbine st, Bergenfield, NJ, USA, 07621 SAN 201-3975
Biden, Joseph R., Jr. --Inaugurations--Poetry.
Inauguration Day--Poetry.
Poetry.
United States--Social aspects--Poetry.
Poetry.