Lunch with Art Poetry Black History Month
This month we celebrate the future of black poets during our Lunch with Art Poetry Series! We are excited to introduce you to poets who performed at the Jason Taylor Foundation Louder Than A Bomb competition!
Kevin Coval, Co-Founder of Louder Than A Bomb said, We feel that what young people have to say about the world they inhabit and hope to construct is more useful than any armament, more complex than prison industrial systems, and louder than any bomb.”
We hope you learn as much from these young people as we certainly have!
Please note, some of the themes covered in these poems include sensitive content that is intended for a mature audience.
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9-year-old Kayden Hern, of Harlem, performs as poet laureate of New York
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9-year-old Kayden Hern, of Harlem, performs as poet laureate of New York
Inaugural poet Amanda Gorman in conversation with author Tracy K. Smith, columnist Erika D. Smith
On January 20, 2021, Amanda Gorman became the sixth and youngest poet to deliver a poetry reading at a presidential inauguration joining such remarkable poets as Maya Angelou, Elizabeth Alexander, Richard Blanco, and Robert Frost. Taking the stage after the 46th president of the United States, Joe Biden, Gorman captivated the nation and brought hope to viewers around the globe with her call for unity and healing. Her poem “The Hill We Climb: An Inaugural Poem for the Country” can now be cherished in a special gift edition, perfect for any reader looking for some inspiration.
Amanda will be in conversation with the Pulitzer Prize-winning author and former U.S. Poet Laureate, Tracy K. Smith. They will discuss her uplifting poem and the power of language to reinvigorate and reimagine the promise of America. LA Times columnist Erika D. Smith will moderate the conversation.
Amanda Gorman's Beautiful Poem | 'The Hill We Climb' | Hopeful Music
A little homage to the amazing poem read by Amanda Gorman at the New President's Inauguration . What a hope for the future she is. And talented, and beautiful and intelligent.
Her TED talk is amazing:
Muisc: Bloom by Esteban Uyarra (Garageband Waves project)
In response to Amanda Gorman's poetry recitation, a poem sent to freedom and peace around the world.
In response to the poetry reading of Amanda Gorman, 22, at the inauguration of U.S. President Joe Biden, Dapsea sent for freedom and peace in Korea and around the world.
조 바이든 미대통령 취임식에서의 어맨다 고먼(22)의 시낭송에 화답하여 대한민국과 전세계의 자유와 평화를 위해 보내는 답시
우리는
심재영
우리는
갇힌 삶을 원하지 않아
눈송이가 하늘에서
떨어져 녹듯이
언 대지를 녹이는
따순 숨결이 필요해
우리라는 세상
절망의 아픔으로
서로를
가두어 둔다면
눈송이가 결코 새순을
틔우지 못해
대지에 입을 맞추고
입김을 불어 넣듯이
우리는
서로를 보듬어주자
우리는
봄물 올리는
향나무처럼
녹아 흐르는 자유가 되자
사랑이 되자
우리는...
우리는...
Amanda Gorman Reciting Her Poem, The Hill We Climb at The Inauguration of the 46th President of USA
Recited at The Inauguration of President Joseph R. Biden, Vice-President Kamala Harris
United States Capitol, Washington D.C.
January 20, 2021
Living on the Edge of Democracy
Video Trick's Pics 2021©
The Hill We Climb Audio read and composed by National Youth Poet Laureate Amanda Gorman.
The Hill We Climb by Amanda Gorman
When day comes, we ask ourselves,
where can we find light in this never ending shade?
The loss we carry, a sea.
We must wade.
We've braved the belly of the beast.
We've learned that quiet isn't always peace.
And the norms and notions of what just is,
isn't always justice.
And yet the dawn is ours before we knew it.
Somehow we do it.
Somehow we've weathered and witnessed a nation that it isn't broken,
but simply unfinished.
We, the successors of a country and the time where a skinny Black girl descended from slaves and raised by a single mother can dream of becoming president only to find herself reciting for one.
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.
We are striving to forge our union with purpose.
To compose a country,
committed to all cultures,
colors, characters, and conditions of man.
And so we lift our gaze,
not to what stands between us,
but what stands before us
We close the divide because we know to put our future first,
we must first put our differences aside.
We lay down our arms so we can reach out our arms to one another. We seek harm to none and harmony for all.
Let the globe, if nothing else
say,
this is true.
That even as we grieved,
we grew.
That even as we hurt,
we hoped.
That even as we tired.
We tried that we'll forever be tied together victorious.
Not because we will never again know defeat,
but because we will never again sow division.
Scripture tells us to envision that everyone shall sit under their own vine and fig tree and no one shall make them afraid.
If we're to live up to our own time, then victory won't lie in the blade, but in all the bridges we've made.
That is the promise to glade the hill we climb.
If only we dare it's
because being American is more than a pride we inherit.
It's the past we step into and how we repair it.
We've seen a force that would shatter our nation, rather than share it.
Would destroy our country if it meant delaying democracy.
And this effort very nearly succeeded,
but while democracy can be periodically delayed,
it can never be permanently defeated in this truth.
In this faith we trust for while we have our eyes on the future, history has its eyes on us.
This is the era of just redemption.
We feared it in its inception.
We did not feel prepared to be the heirs of such a terrifying hour, but within it, we found the power to author a new chapter.
To offer hope and laughter to ourselves.
So
while once we asked,
how could we possibly prevail over catastrophe?
Now we assert
how catastrophe could possibly prevail over us?
We will not march back to what was, but move to what shall be a country that is bruised.
But whole benevolence,
but bold, fierce, and free.
We will not be turned around or interrupted by intimidation because we know our inaction and inertia will be the inheritance of the next generation.
Our blunders become their burdens, but one thing is certain.
If we merged mercy with might, and might with right,
then love becomes our legacy,
and change our children's birthright.
So let us leave behind a country better than the one We were left with every breath, my bronze pounded chest.
We will raise this wounded world into a wondrous one.
We will rise from the gold limbed hills of the West.
We will rise from the wind swept to Northeast where our forefathers first realized the revolution.
We will rise from the lake-rimmed cities of the middle Western States.
We will arise from the sun baked South.
We will rebuild, reconcile and recover and every known nook over our nation.
And every corner called our country.
Our people diverse and beautiful will emerge, battered and beautiful.
When day comes, we step out of the shade of flame and unafraid, the new dawn balloons, as we free it.
For there was always light.
If only we're brave enough to see it.
If only we're brave enough to be it.
Amanda Gorman Cartoon
My first cartoon starring AG the youth poet Laurete
#Glexsummit Opening Message Earthrise by Amanda Gorman, Lisbon Portugal, July 6 2021
Musicians | Poem read by A. N. Wilson
A. N. Wilson - Musicians are some of the most driven, courageous people on the face of the earth
Xpectives.Health Summit: Innovations in Women's Health Business Speaker Amanda Gorman & Dr. Shepherd
Alabama's Poet Laureate wants you to trust the voice within
As Alabama's first Black (and youngest!) Poet Laureate, Ashley M. Jones promotes poetry and creates opportunities for people to engage with poetry. Here, she talks about how Alabama shapes her work and adds to her authentic voice.
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Lady Gaga Singing The National Anthem at the Inauguration of 46th President of the United States
Inauguration of President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. and Vice-President Kamala Harris
United States Capitol, Washington D.C.
January 20, 2021
Living on the Edge of National Healing
Video Trick's Pics 2021©
Not posted for monetary gain
Five Minutes of Political Theater: Spoken Word Poet Regie Cabico
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Production: Emma Cregan
[Catalog No. CFV10925; Copyright 2017, Smithsonian Institution]
The Poetry of Food
In this brief talk and mini-poetry reading Katherine DiBella Seluja shares a few ancestral family stories and the poems inspired by them. All of her grandparents immigrated from Italy in the early 1900s. The stories of their struggles and their successes were frequently shared around her family table. Food is central to the Italian way of life. Numerous happy hours have been spent in the kitchen with her grandmother, mother, older sister and now, her daughters. Planning meals, preparing them and reliving the stories of ancestors. There’s a place for you at the table, andiamo!
Celebration Evening 2018 Les Morgan Memorial Explorer Award
The Les Morgan Memorial Award celebrates a young explorer who showed exceptional leadership or initiative in adverse circumstances on an expedition.
Interested in joining an expedition yourself:
Kader Sakkaria Book Inauguration Ceremony
Kader Sakkaria Book Inauguration Ceremony
TSA Choir sings for the 20th Anniversary
As of April 2022, TSA will no longer enforce its Security Directives and Emergency Amendment requiring mask use on public transportation and transportation hubs. For more information please visit CDC.gov or TSA.gov.
The TSA Choir from Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport give their rendition for TSA's 20th Anniversary ceremony.
“What We See in the Dark is Light” by Jourdan Imani Keith (New Year’s at the Needle 2021)
Presented by the Space Needle and Chihuly Garden and Glass Diversity Committee as part of the New Year’s at the Needle broadcast to ring in 2021, join Seattle’s Civic Poet Jourdan Imani Keith in reflecting on 2020 and looking toward brighter tomorrows in this original poem.
CREDITS:
- Poem written and performed by Jourdan Imani Keith (2019-2021 Civic Poet, Seattle Office of Arts and Culture)
- Improvisational dance score created and performed by Chayil Brooks
- Drum composition created and performed by Simon Okelo (Founder and Executive Director, One Vibe Africa)
- Edited by Jamie Refenes (Space Needle and Chihuly Garden and Glass Diversity Committee)
Coming of Age poem read-aloud