Amanda Gorman, a 22-year-old poet from Los Angeles, is the youngest person in recent memory to deliver a poem at a presidential inauguration. Gorman opened by acknowledging the reasons why hope can be challenging. "Where can we find light in this never-ending shade?" she asked. "And yet, the dawn is ours before we knew it. Somehow we do it. Somehow we weathered and witnessed a nation that isn't broken but simply unfinished." "The new dawn blooms as we free it," she said. "For there is always lig

Amanda Gorman is an American poet, activist, and model. Born in Los Angeles, California, she gained international fame when she read her poem, “The Hill We Climb,” at the 2021 inauguration of U.S. President Joe Biden. Gorman appeared on CNN with anchor and journalist Anderson Cooper, where she talked about the Los Angeles fires and read her poem, “Smoldering Dawn.” Here are two lines from the poem: “All our angels have gone. This smoldering dawn, we soldier on.” | Kayhan Life