Listen to Amanda Gorman's incredible inauguration poem over Polyrhythmics' minimalist funk tune 'Zion'. Photo: Reuters
It is no overstatement to say that on an Inauguration Day filled with memorable moments, 22-year-old poet Amanda Gorman's poetry reading was definitely one of the most lasting.
Her poem, The Hill We Climb, echoed President Joe Biden's address and brought optimism to a country bruised by four years of Donald Trump's divisive rhetoric and chaotic management style, not to mention a Capitol that had been invaded by dangerously hubristic Trump followers just two weeks earlier.
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