National Poetry Month: honoring the poets of our time
For National Poetry Month, a look at Amanda Gorman — twenty-three, the first National Youth Poet Laureate, and already changing what a poem can do in public.
At Warren Publishing, we are proud to represent many authors who are making a difference in the world today through their inspirational poetry. In honor of National Poetry Month, I would like to recognize the youngest inaugural poet US history, Amanda Gorman. She has two books out right now called Change Sings and The Hill We Climb And Other Poems.
Change Sings is written as a children’s anthem to empower the next generation and embolden them to let their voices be heard in order to create change in the world. In The Hill We Climb And Other Poems, Gorman makes a declaration of healing for the nation and creates a sense of hope for the future in her inaugural poem, as well as inspiration through other poems she has compiled in this moving and powerful book.
Although only twenty-three years of age, Gorman has been making waves through her writing for many years. She uses words to create in such a way that inspires others to reflect, express, and ignite, which has caused many of the nation’s most powerful leaders to notice her. This first-ever National Youth Poet Laureate, Gorman is lighting the fire of change and hope in our world through the power of poetry!