Poet Amanda Gorman reads 'The Hill We Climb'

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  • Опубликовано: 19 янв 2021
  • The nation's first Youth Poet Laureate Amanda Gorman recites "The Hill We Climb."
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  • @kylu5416
    @kylu5416 3 года назад +2227

    POV: You're watching this for a school assignment.

    • @conalcochranh3274
      @conalcochranh3274 3 года назад +8

      Bubbles and Squeak
      got lost for a week
      in the glamour of Beverly Hills.
      They blew all their cash;
      came home with a rash
      and a case of the pusher's chills.
      -Trojan Horse Not Required
      by Conal Cochran

    • @yukkiv2901
      @yukkiv2901 3 года назад +10

      ​@Gunner Bussell please help a brother out, i need to hand this in about 3 hours from now and so far i have written nothing... Please be kind and send it to me, like just put it in the comments that would be so nice of you. i really need it, my grades aren't doing the best at the moment would appreciate it a lot

    • @cadence9224
      @cadence9224 3 года назад

      Welp ya

    • @trinity6395
      @trinity6395 3 года назад

      yup

    • @conalcochranh3274
      @conalcochranh3274 3 года назад +4

      @Gunner Bussell If you like, you can take the following poem to your teacher...
      Dorothy; pigtails and ruby slippers,
      she trims an emerald hedge
      with the Wizard's token clippers.
      Dorothy's farm
      and the perfect summer at its zenith;
      a welcome sublime;
      delightful birdsong with...
      a sporadic tinkle of wind-chime.
      Suddenly, the girl's clad with distress;
      she points towards the yard and yells:
      "Oh my goodness! Oh my goodness!"
      By the barn door stands a young boy,
      ten and not much more.
      He says, ever so sweetly; almost in song:
      "Swisser Swatter! Swisser Swatter!
      Like the black between the stars; it doesn't matter!"
      Low and behold; it's Seamus Heaney;
      drowning little kittens in a bucket of water.
      He soon finds his temple within Dorothy's shade,
      her conscience hollow and eyes ablaze.
      She looks upon the fur afloat on the water,
      and says: "Little boy! Little boy! A poet should know better!
      And what's good for the goose is also good for the..."
      Oh, the horror! The horror!
      -Back From Oz
      by Conal Cochran

  • @hunniebare95
    @hunniebare95 3 года назад +2283

    Who else got sent here by their English teacher? 🌼

  • @demehandy
    @demehandy 3 года назад +1715

    POV: You have to write an "short" essay about this, but you got distracted and are reading the comments instead and you realize it's not just you doing that assignment.

    • @gooseboi1694
      @gooseboi1694 3 года назад +12

      that's me rn lol ;-;

    • @demehandy
      @demehandy 3 года назад +8

      @@gooseboi1694 I just finished my essay. 😌

    • @yukkiv2901
      @yukkiv2901 3 года назад +13

      @@demehandy please help a brother out, i need to hand this in about 3 hours from now and so far i have written nothing... Please be kind and send it to me, like just put it in the comments that would be so nice of you. i really need it, my grades aren't doing the best at the moment would appreciate it a lot

    • @cadence9224
      @cadence9224 3 года назад +7

      Oop we have been exposed

    • @trinity6395
      @trinity6395 3 года назад +1

      ypu

  • @abbiu
    @abbiu 3 года назад +1694

    I like how our english teachers have the same mind

    • @SD-qw4xx
      @SD-qw4xx 3 года назад +22

      That's called: MARXISM

    • @jacqyralovejoy1637
      @jacqyralovejoy1637 3 года назад +14

      @@SD-qw4xx dude what LMAO

    • @brynnelovell2309
      @brynnelovell2309 3 года назад +2

      For me it’s dance teacher 😂

    • @clankercommando7576
      @clankercommando7576 3 года назад +2

      What’s your assignment on?

    • @brynnelovell2309
      @brynnelovell2309 3 года назад +4

      @@clankercommando7576 I don’t know yet, we were just guinea pigs to see if the links worked 😂

  • @davidorton5152
    @davidorton5152 3 года назад +401

    I'm an English teacher, and I was sent here by...myself.

    • @nneomamichelleegeonutv
      @nneomamichelleegeonutv 3 года назад +3

      Lol

    • @slimsmelly
      @slimsmelly 3 года назад +9

      man youre the worst

    • @randysherman996
      @randysherman996 3 года назад +1

      @Carlos Bautista HAHAHA liberals. Yes dont learn thing in school they are in DOCTRINTIN camps for DEMONS and DEMOCRATS!

    • @svnsls521
      @svnsls521 3 года назад

      @@randysherman996 Dude what the heck your a grown man, Cant you understand children are not ready have an opinion on politics. Like dude calm down they are kids

    • @MichaelHayes_s6
      @MichaelHayes_s6 3 года назад

      @@randysherman996 And also people who can spell - and write coherently.

  • @celticcheetah6371
    @celticcheetah6371 3 года назад +972

    To all the kids writing essays - a few things to talk about:
    - intertextuality. She quotes and invokes MANY other writers and speakers including; Lin Manuel Miranda (Hamilton), Maya Angelou (Still I Rise), MLK (I Have A Dream, when she lists the areas of the country). This contributes to the feeling of anchored, unified optimism in the poem.
    - collective nouns. She constantly uses “we”, “our” and “us”. She is speaking to, and for, ALL of us, not just for herself. No ‘I’ in this poem.
    - the style of writing and performance feels fresh and current, but it is actually rooted in the most ancient form of literature there is, bardic poetry. She uses methods like alliteration, assonance, internal rhyme, metaphor and a musical delivery. These are all things found in ancient poems like Gawain and the Green Knight and Beowulf. These were stories made to be performed, not read. The purpose was to entertain, but also to unify people around a communal sense of identity and heritage. She is tapping into something very old and deep inside all of us.
    Hope that was useful!
    From a geeky English teacher :)

    • @nannige4539
      @nannige4539 3 года назад +33

      THANK YOU SO MUCH

    • @susmangasociety5051
      @susmangasociety5051 3 года назад +8

      thank you lol

    • @korinoriz
      @korinoriz 2 года назад +7

      Very helpful and insightful, but I just wanted to know what you mean by "most ancient form of literature there is". The Epic of Gilgamesh is the oldest known epic. If you mean in poetry (if that's the appropriate word to use), I'm sure there's African, Asian, or even other European based forms of literature that are older. I'm not as informed as you are which is likely why I'm so confused.

    • @MrJeppe313
      @MrJeppe313 2 года назад +5

      “We”, “Us”, “Our” etc. are not collective nouns, they are personal pronouns.

    • @jahely8444
      @jahely8444 2 года назад +1

      Thank youuuu

  • @emiliecornic4078
    @emiliecornic4078 3 года назад +597

    pov: your english teacher sent you here

    • @mokuzen4399
      @mokuzen4399 3 года назад +2

      Yea she sucks. Nobody wants to listen to this person speaking

    • @ahmadketto1586
      @ahmadketto1586 3 года назад +7

      @@mokuzen4399 you're not being serious right!? She's fighting for freedom and for peace in her country and that's what you say to her.

    • @alphamania954
      @alphamania954 3 года назад

      lmao

    • @goobthepoop2983
      @goobthepoop2983 3 года назад

      trueee

    • @jake6887
      @jake6887 3 года назад +2

      @@mokuzen4399 yeah, that's why this is going around the whole world. Here in Belgium it was the only part of the whole inauguration that I saw in the news. And I loved it

  • @Echolovania
    @Echolovania 3 года назад +446

    POV: You just found your classmates in the comments section.

  • @allenvrealty3291
    @allenvrealty3291 3 года назад +2374

    "..being American is more than a pride we inherit it's the past we step into and how we repair it..."

  • @JonathanKyleBaker2004
    @JonathanKyleBaker2004 3 года назад +711

    "Even as we grieved, we grew. Even as we hurt, we hoped. Even as we tired, we tried." I truly felt that. Powerful message.

    • @ix7687
      @ix7687 3 года назад

      Omg ruclips.net/video/IxXjonq4mJM/видео.html what!!»

    • @RL-ut6dl
      @RL-ut6dl 3 года назад +4

      You will never catch a white kid saying this

    • @lauraly2712
      @lauraly2712 3 года назад

      Why this hatred for originality and slavish dependency on things heard already millions of times?

    • @microphytobenthos
      @microphytobenthos 3 года назад +1

      Truly. That was the past four years for me...

    • @susannabonke8552
      @susannabonke8552 3 года назад +1

      My favourite line.

  • @Chronicles-fz7kv
    @Chronicles-fz7kv 3 года назад +317

    I'm not even American and yet I was still sent here by my teacher.

    • @waffielz3106
      @waffielz3106 3 года назад +9

      lmao

    • @imasurvivor7496
      @imasurvivor7496 3 года назад +6

      same lol

    • @communismisgreat1482
      @communismisgreat1482 3 года назад +4

      Why does everything in English have to be about USA English isn’t even American to begin with it is British

    • @cjgaming5316
      @cjgaming5316 3 года назад +1

      Same I’m Irish

    • @cjgaming5316
      @cjgaming5316 3 года назад

      @ya boi koi what’s your point it says English in it so don’t even speak

  • @saahildugar3923
    @saahildugar3923 3 года назад +260

    Stop looking at this comment. You have an essay to write.

    • @randysherman996
      @randysherman996 3 года назад

      Dont write your essay, school is abd and is the things democrats use to KILL bABIES!

    • @communismisgreat1482
      @communismisgreat1482 3 года назад +3

      No I don’t think I will

    • @randysherman996
      @randysherman996 3 года назад

      @@communismisgreat1482 COmmunism is great, you've killed over 90 million people with your "communism"

    • @a_cats
      @a_cats 3 года назад +1

      @@randysherman996 i dont think that was their communism but ok

    • @juanarroyo6174
      @juanarroyo6174 3 года назад

      school is bullshit

  • @kamalaworth9943
    @kamalaworth9943 3 года назад +674

    OUTSTANDING!!!! What a brave, beautiful, bold young love she is!!!!

    • @kamalaworth9943
      @kamalaworth9943 3 года назад +1

      @@ix7687 okaaa?

    • @adonijah7774
      @adonijah7774 3 года назад +4

      she speaks as if we live Somalia

    • @lisabbb2324
      @lisabbb2324 3 года назад +4

      @@adonijah7774 , agree. She is full of exaggeration

    • @Nolaad275
      @Nolaad275 3 года назад +11

      @@adonijah7774 wtf

    • @kamalaworth9943
      @kamalaworth9943 3 года назад +3

      @@adonijah7774 smoke another blunt!

  • @THaughton
    @THaughton 3 года назад +1813

    It's a shame Maya Angelou isn't still around to see this. What an incredible young woman. Poise, dignity and eloquence...

    • @salathiagraham5905
      @salathiagraham5905 3 года назад +112

      Maya Angelo stood where Amanda Gorman stands today and it is my personal belief that Mrs. Angelou knows and she sees.

    • @msoranso
      @msoranso 3 года назад +39

      Oh but she is :)

    • @MissLiveLaughLove1
      @MissLiveLaughLove1 3 года назад +50

      Mother Angelou is watching.

    • @aceventura3421
      @aceventura3421 3 года назад +24

      High class 👍🏻 Amanda 💪🏾

    • @fisherking7798
      @fisherking7798 3 года назад +30

      This Maya Angelous heritage the seeds she sowed have come to fruition

  • @mohamedgaby1016
    @mohamedgaby1016 3 года назад +509

    "We've learned that quiet isn't always peace"

    • @JuperLuperBruh
      @JuperLuperBruh 3 года назад +24

      but we know that storming the capitol is definitely not peace

    • @conalcochranh3274
      @conalcochranh3274 3 года назад +15

      @@JuperLuperBruh Neither is torching cities in the name of CHAZ/CHOP. The following poem is dedicated to the victims of Peter Sutcliffe and acts as a warning to all women out there in the big bad world. I'm sure you'll understand my need to avoid sensationalism. Here goes...
      At the breakfast table the headline's dropped
      between last night's shag and the coffee cup.
      Yeah, it's always someone someplace else.
      Randomness: a book plucked from a library's shelf.
      Whistle down the wind, sweet lass,
      and all harmony will come to you.
      Aye, be it petal or kind word; proposal on bent knee
      with promises of love, your beauty must surely be
      a magnet to all things good in this world...amirite?
      The ball-peen hammer; screwdriver and knife;
      the tools of randomness; unsavoury surprise.
      Oh, sweet lass; book on the shelf;
      a breakfast table headline...someplace else.
      -Sutcliffe: The Next One
      by Conal Cochran

    • @JulindaLeDee
      @JulindaLeDee 3 года назад

      ruclips.net/channel/UCYmFTdeT-WAarE9wYtt2hmwvideos

    • @mrfishyman5725
      @mrfishyman5725 3 года назад +1

      @@JulindaLeDee stop

    • @smortboi1320
      @smortboi1320 3 года назад +20

      @@Dan-zt7uj the difference is BLM carried a good message which was then twisted by selfish people whereas the capitol riot was organized by ignorant and selfish people and inherently was meant to be violent from the beginning. I’m not a fan of how either riots played out but it’s clear which one is worse.

  • @VL-ds5up
    @VL-ds5up 3 года назад +309

    "If we merge mercy with might, and might with right, then love becomes our legacy, and change our children's birthright."

    • @theresabutler7379
      @theresabutler7379 3 года назад +17

      bars

    • @ianbussey4809
      @ianbussey4809 3 года назад +10

      "The Hill We Climb"
      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 just-ice
      And yet the dawn is ours
      before we knew it
      Somehow we do it
      Somehow we've weathered and witnessed
      a nation that isn’t broken
      but simply unfinished
      We the successors of a country and a 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 a union with purpose
      To compose a country committed to all cultures, colors, characters and
      conditions of man
      And so we lift our gazes 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 at 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 could catastrophe 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,
      benevolent 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 merge 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 from 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 windswept northeast
      where our forefathers first realized revolution
      We will rise from the lake-rimmed cities of the midwestern states,
      we will rise from the sunbaked south
      We will rebuild, reconcile and recover
      and every known nook of 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,
      aflame and unafraid
      The new dawn blooms as we free it
      For there is always light,
      if only we’re brave enough to see it
      If only we’re brave enough to be it

    • @scprez8865
      @scprez8865 3 года назад

      @@ianbussey4809 ayo thank you man I was not trying to sit through this 6 minute poem thank you I needed this for an assignment

  • @abbyjones4198
    @abbyjones4198 3 года назад +518

    “For there is always light, if only we are brave enough to see it, if only we are brave enough to be it” Amen! Thank you, Amanda, for this. You’ve done the world a huge service

    • @brianneale2006
      @brianneale2006 3 года назад +10

      Yep. I entirely agree

    • @thomashutchinson284
      @thomashutchinson284 3 года назад +4

      Its amen awomen

    • @loulounana8690
      @loulounana8690 3 года назад +2

      😭😭😭😭😭🙏🙏❤❤ I can't stop to cry amazing

    • @invinsible
      @invinsible 3 года назад +2

      "You've done the WORLD a huge service"
      It really amazes me that almost all Americans include the world in everything they do....
      AS if everything depends on them.
      If tomorrow Amerika doesnt exists ...let me assure you, the world wouldnt loose that much, except of a greedy, war causing, desease spreading, selfish and ignorant , self loving and self-glorifying Nation....
      Always willing to praise their little achievements but totally ignores all the injustice and pain caused to innocent and unarmed civillians!!!!
      It amazes me how damn proud someone can be, well in this case millions, about heaps of corpses that nobody can cound any more.
      Yeah, the world watches you, the world watches with fear and horrors.
      Btw with world i also include all the other nations and states u never heard of, but they exist .

  • @nancybryant4325
    @nancybryant4325 3 года назад +791

    I’m not even a big fan of poetry, but this won me over. Inspiring.

    • @thierryp4998
      @thierryp4998 3 года назад +1

      @Mary Last XD

    • @brianneale2006
      @brianneale2006 3 года назад +2

      YEP. I Agree

    • @1truth1god
      @1truth1god 3 года назад +5

      Nancy you've been missing out. There are so many platforms for this sort of poetry.

    • @nancybryant4325
      @nancybryant4325 3 года назад +4

      @@1truth1god I read Many Winters, Prose and Poetry of the Pueblos and liked that. Any other suggestions?

    • @nancybryant4325
      @nancybryant4325 3 года назад +20

      @Jacob Rodriguez poetry doesn’t have to rhyme but should have a rhythm and flow and evoke a feeling. It came from her heart and gave voice to her emotions and hopes. It’s not garbage just because you don’t agree with her.

  • @AzaleaLuna
    @AzaleaLuna 3 года назад +30

    I was blown away by this on inauguration day.
    "When day comes we step out of the shade,
    aflame and unafraid
    The new dawn blooms as we free it
    For there is always light,
    if only we're brave enough to see it
    If only we're brave enough to be it"

  • @petes9524
    @petes9524 3 года назад +35

    She re- lit the light of hope in American hearts.

    • @conalcochranh3274
      @conalcochranh3274 3 года назад +1

      Bubbles and Squeak
      got lost for a week
      in the glamour of Beverly Hills.
      They blew all their cash;
      came home with a rash
      and a case of the pusher's chills.
      -Trojan Horse Not Required
      by Conal Cochran

    • @industriesofintelligence2236
      @industriesofintelligence2236 3 года назад +2

      Eh, it was generic twitter diction. Her voice is quite uninteresting

    • @drek273
      @drek273 3 года назад +2

      @@industriesofintelligence2236 lol i felt the same way. She spoke eloquently but w.e its just fluff. Pass laws. thats what i care about

    • @jkrt8722
      @jkrt8722 3 года назад

      @@drek273 2 months later. Historic law was passed and more are coming. Poem now feels more powerful and poignant.

    • @drek273
      @drek273 3 года назад

      @@jkrt8722 what law is that exactly? explain that law you just said

  • @TorgieMadison
    @TorgieMadison 3 года назад +1302

    The inauguration was refreshingly "normal", but Amanda's speech was absolutely amazing. I don't think this will be the last we hear of her!

    • @LB-id6wf
      @LB-id6wf 3 года назад +20

      She is extraordinary!!! Wow. I hope they cultivate her!

    • @brianneale2006
      @brianneale2006 3 года назад +15

      WE WILL Hear more from Amanda. That is for sure Not only in America but World Wide that is Certain

    • @Thawhid
      @Thawhid 3 года назад +6

      Indeed

    • @jimmywilson5820
      @jimmywilson5820 3 года назад +4

      Yeah it was boring as hell
      All 12 people were asleep

    • @Bee-dp3st
      @Bee-dp3st 3 года назад +20

      @@jimmywilson5820 That says a lot about you!

  • @zizwop
    @zizwop 3 года назад +433

    I don't know what's more impressive, the fact that at only 22 years old, she's speaking at the president's inauguration and killing it, or the seriousness of her poem. This is a good thing.

    • @proverbalizer
      @proverbalizer 3 года назад +3

      hmmmm, 22 is not all that young, college graduate age already...the way everyone's been talking I thought she was like 17 or something. I can remember the seriousness of the 10- minute-straight rap masterpiece I wrote about the whole history and current state of affairs of the African diaspora at that age (before I knew about breaking things down into reasonably sized verses and choruses lol). Was super deep, but much more, ummm, let's say anti-status quo and far less patriotic. They would've cut the cameras if I recited it at a presidential inauguration, LMAO.
      Am curious to see what this young woman has to say in her previous (and future) poems though, when she doesn't have to try to make her message palatable to everyone. Definitely very talented!

    • @alonsiuemanagerie747
      @alonsiuemanagerie747 3 года назад +2

      what you smokin, oh drinking that KOOLAIDE!

    • @ragnarok283
      @ragnarok283 3 года назад +1

      She's too old for the president

    • @zizwop
      @zizwop 3 года назад +9

      @@ragnarok283 -really? 45 liked em younger, not to mention he wanted to date his own daughter.

    • @howardrichards6059
      @howardrichards6059 3 года назад

      This is how they convert all the good upcoming talents. The road of no return, ( living zombies )
      They should all go to the Beemuda triangle to live , we don’t want to be governed by blood money, ( entity’s )

  • @natesara3
    @natesara3 3 года назад +48

    I'd like to know how many people aren't here for writing a essay

  • @QueenZsWorld
    @QueenZsWorld 3 года назад +22

    she makes me proud to be an American, and I'm Canadian

    • @DARTHJARJAR
      @DARTHJARJAR 3 года назад +1

      😂

    • @JardielDisplay
      @JardielDisplay 3 года назад

      We are all Americans from Canada to Argentina but not US citizens.

  • @switchbackimage5966
    @switchbackimage5966 3 года назад +636

    Maya Angelo is working through this 22 yr old woman and let our English teachers study her in this timeless rhythm. 😎

    • @solescorpionofficial
      @solescorpionofficial 3 года назад +8

      I had just done an essay on Maya Angelo :)

    • @marygibson3217
      @marygibson3217 3 года назад +22

      @Ace Saylor no need for you to comment enjoy the moment

    • @solescorpionofficial
      @solescorpionofficial 3 года назад +3

      @@marygibson3217 Exactly :)

    • @JoseC888888
      @JoseC888888 3 года назад +22

      @Ace Saylor did you understand her poem? Listen to her again, and again, maybe one day you will come out of the darkness your lack of literacy brough you into.

    • @SUGAR_XYLER
      @SUGAR_XYLER 3 года назад +10

      Yes, she reminded me of Maya.....like she was here again

  • @thedarkknight727
    @thedarkknight727 3 года назад +500

    “You can’t always see the light at the end of the tunnel, but if we just keep moving, we’ll come to a better place.”
    -Uncle Iroh

    • @MykealB
      @MykealB 3 года назад +3

      Applause 👏

    • @gwenwalker30
      @gwenwalker30 3 года назад +20

      @immortal scurds you may or not be a racist but if you can't see that there is hatred and racism that must be crushed then you are not helping. You don't want peace you want things to be like it use to be. Trump voters are looking for America in a rear view mirror. Those who voted for Biden Harris are looking forward through the windshield. With that view we as a Nation will achieve liberty and Justice for all. Have a wonderful year.

    • @protectthesun1519
      @protectthesun1519 3 года назад +8

      @immortal scurds Its not the obamas that are or were the problem... its you and people like you that are scared to only be equal to others, that holds progress up.

    • @seoul08
      @seoul08 3 года назад +9

      @immortal scurds stop invading the capital for no reason

    • @micahbauman866
      @micahbauman866 3 года назад +9

      @immortal scurds “dur, der wes a black pressident therefore racism is ovar.”

  • @hollymauery346
    @hollymauery346 3 года назад +89

    I had to watch this for Language arts and im so glad I did. I have literally watched it 6 times like im not exaggerating. it is amazingly beautiful, and it makes me feel better about the future. I love everything about it, the cadence, her voice, and the excellent message.

    • @gabbyosei7367
      @gabbyosei7367 3 года назад +1

      i have to do this for a assiament to whats the theme of the poem ?
      help a girl out lol

    • @gabbyosei7367
      @gabbyosei7367 3 года назад

      @King Ghidorah yes lol Thank u tho

    • @mariamhamid2972
      @mariamhamid2972 3 года назад

      @King Ghidorah help me the question is
      Identify lines in the poem that reflect the occasion for which “The Hill We Climb” was written. How do the lines you have chosen suggest issues surrounding the inauguration of a president in 2021?
      It has to be around 500 words
      I have nothing written down

  • @alicemj1436
    @alicemj1436 3 года назад +21

    Since the day I heard this poem like everyone else on this site, I can not help but listening to her performing again and again. The printed version is on the wall in my study! Inspiring, hopeful and joyful!

  • @ruwabs
    @ruwabs 3 года назад +806

    For there's always light, if we only we were only brave enough to see it, if we were only brave enough to be it🔥🔥

    • @unicornalq11
      @unicornalq11 3 года назад +4

      💖💖💖

    • @ix7687
      @ix7687 3 года назад +2

      Omg ruclips.net/video/IxXjonq4mJM/видео.html what!!.)₴:

    • @jambo3751
      @jambo3751 3 года назад +6

      Above the cloud the sun is always shines.

    • @RL-ut6dl
      @RL-ut6dl 3 года назад

      The Sun Shines on the good and the bad

    • @loewkr
      @loewkr 3 года назад +1

      Yes!!

  • @Zofmui
    @Zofmui 3 года назад +271

    So moving. Her movements truly enhanced her words.

    • @ix7687
      @ix7687 3 года назад

      Omg ruclips.net/video/IxXjonq4mJM/видео.html what!!.)₴:

    • @ej3016
      @ej3016 3 года назад +15

      @immortal scurds some poets / or authors just read or recite their words - this beautiful glorious young woman actually delivers her words - it’s as if she’s birthing her words - how can she not move as she shares these incredibly wonderfully poetic words - sorry - long way of saying no I don’t believe she’s using sign language - she’s just fully in the moment and her words have become hand gestures 😃🤗

    • @brianneale2006
      @brianneale2006 3 года назад +2

      A great Poetry Reader. IF Amanda was British a Poet Laureate in the Making; Should be on Poetry Please, on BBC Radio4 in Britain

    • @betods1013
      @betods1013 3 года назад +5

      @@brianneale2006 - She was appointed National Youth Poet Laureate here in the U.S. back in 2017.

    • @tywilliams3891
      @tywilliams3891 3 года назад

      I agree

  • @GaryLevin
    @GaryLevin 3 года назад +24

    This will ring in my ears, and I hear a new message each time I listen to it.

    • @conalcochranh3274
      @conalcochranh3274 3 года назад

      Overrated and too damn long. William Blake's London...now there's a poem. The best poems are condensed; not dripping all over the place like a runny nose.

  • @i_am_legend7827
    @i_am_legend7827 3 года назад +27

    I can’t find the words to say how astounding and beautiful she is and that poem was! Thank You Miss Amanda, let your words penetrate the hearts and minds of all mankind! That’s was hauntingly beautiful! 🙏🏽

    • @wedgeofcheese9482
      @wedgeofcheese9482 3 года назад +1

      wow the first comment ive seen from someone not sent by their teacher

  • @sambenkamel
    @sambenkamel 3 года назад +587

    I’m not American but I’m proud to hear this❤️

    • @BIDENFORTHEWINFuckTrump
      @BIDENFORTHEWINFuckTrump 3 года назад +27

      As an American, she reinvigorates my passion and love for this country.

    • @myusername272
      @myusername272 3 года назад +21

      This girl has skills lol. Beautiful speach. I don't know how someone couldn't be inspired after this.

    • @myusername272
      @myusername272 3 года назад +14

      @Shoahshana Goldberg-Shekelstein she actually spoke very well. Annunciated very well, hand gestures were on point. Do you point and grunt in your group of cave dwellers?

    • @myusername272
      @myusername272 3 года назад +7

      @Shoahshana Goldberg-Shekelstein interesting. You joined youtube 20 minutes ago only to comment on this awesome young girl? China or Russia really reaching out.

    • @suddenlypink
      @suddenlypink 3 года назад +7

      @Shoahshana Goldberg-Shekelstein um? They way she speaks makes me so happy. She’s insanely wise. But you? Your comment makes me sick.

  • @gb3729
    @gb3729 3 года назад +352

    Obviously, she is an old soul. So much talent, so eloquent, so insightful and 22 years old. And, adorable to boot. I love her and can't wait for her book of poetry to be published.

    • @Mike_M_Smith
      @Mike_M_Smith 3 года назад +3

      She was wearing a birds nest.

    • @sarahartz1721
      @sarahartz1721 3 года назад +4

      @@Mike_M_Smith Congrats if you're wearing pants. ​👍

    • @gb3729
      @gb3729 3 года назад +23

      @@Mike_M_Smith Mike, I'm sure you are a perfectly beautiful person, but why do you have to comment on her appearance. She is so talented and I think she looked perfectly lovely. Don't be so superficial. We are talking about her words which were beautiful and perfect.

    • @sydbarret7885
      @sydbarret7885 3 года назад +1

      😘

    • @Mike_M_Smith
      @Mike_M_Smith 3 года назад +2

      Mike J Im living my best life. She is wearing a birds nest regardless of me or you. Besides, its a homage to the poet Maya Angelou's biography I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings.

  • @ga3812
    @ga3812 3 года назад +23

    I can’t imagine what the USA could have done over the last few years if Donnie spoke like or had such character.

  • @chxrrybloom7769
    @chxrrybloom7769 3 года назад +25

    POV: when u realize that ur not the only 1 who got send here by ur english teacher

  • @robertdavis1084
    @robertdavis1084 3 года назад +296

    Now this is the type of young lady worthy of being a role model. Class combined with eloquence and intellect… an unbeatable combination.

    • @conalcochranh3274
      @conalcochranh3274 3 года назад +1

      Bubbles and Squeak
      got lost for a week
      in the glamour of Beverly Hills.
      They spent all their cash;
      came home with a rash
      and a case of the pusher's chills.
      -Trojan Horse Not Required
      by Conal Cochran

    • @thatoneguy4420
      @thatoneguy4420 3 года назад

      @@conalcochranh3274 ok?

    • @Jakaviusful
      @Jakaviusful 3 года назад

      This young lady won't be a huge role model. In order for her be an icon she has to go get fake breast, butt, eyelashes and a pound of makeup. It's sad but true.

    • @conalcochranh3274
      @conalcochranh3274 3 года назад

      @@Jakaviusful She lacks the skill and drive to be an icon. The Hill We Climb...I was writing lines like that when I was in high school for crying out loud. In order to be a poet, one must master the word and esoteric like a carriage driver masters a horse. Here's an example:
      Dorothy; pigtails and ruby slippers,
      she trims an emerald hedge
      with the Wizard's token clippers.
      Dorothy's farm
      and the perfect summer at its zenith;
      a welcome sublime;
      delightful birdsong with...
      a sporadic tinkle of wind-chime.
      Suddenly, the girl's clad with distress;
      she points towards the yard and yells:
      "Oh my goodness! Oh my goodness!"
      By the barn door stands a young boy;
      ten and not much more.
      He says, ever so sweetly; almost in song:
      "Swisser Swatter! Swisser Swatter!
      Like the black between the stars; it doesn't matter!"
      Low and behold; it's Seamus Heaney;
      drowning little kittens in a bucket of water.
      He soon finds his temple within Dorothy's shade,
      her conscience hollow and eyes ablaze.
      She looks at the fur afloat on the water,
      and says: "Little boy! Little boy! A poet should know better!
      And what's good for the goose is also good for the..."
      Oh, the horror! The horror!
      -Back From Oz
      by Conal Cochran

    • @conalcochranh3274
      @conalcochranh3274 3 года назад

      @@thatoneguy4420 OK.

  • @grapplr975
    @grapplr975 3 года назад +81

    This is how I want my country to be seen

  • @marygraceescasinas8379
    @marygraceescasinas8379 3 года назад +13

    She delivered it with grace. Perfect nuances. That was just incredibly amazing.

  • @yfoog
    @yfoog 3 года назад +105

    As an artist, I genuinely wish for more artists and people like her to be in positions of power, or at least have a seat at the table. I know so many highly intelligent artists that lead from the heart and think so uniquely that they would add so much light, wisdom and fresh forward thinking to a government. Artists aren’t made the most of in our culture.

    • @FrezzyYT
      @FrezzyYT 3 года назад +3

      ok you're an artist but are you also an english teacher

    • @yfoog
      @yfoog 3 года назад +1

      @@FrezzyYT 🤣

    • @Goot253
      @Goot253 3 года назад +1

      Agreed. Nice post 👍🏼

    • @mikelmazlaghani487
      @mikelmazlaghani487 Год назад

      You want people who "lead from heart". Logic and reason is the only way to determine what is best, not emotion.

    • @ripinkhanna6075
      @ripinkhanna6075 Год назад +1

      @@mikelmazlaghani487 Logic and emotions aren't mutually exclusive; in fact, much of human rationale stems from our innate desires and beliefs of what makes us human and able to think. There is an interlinked duality between the two.

  • @stephenjablonsky1941
    @stephenjablonsky1941 3 года назад +140

    Here, my friends, is the face of America. This is what we have produced and what we can become. Heed her words and revel in her beauty.

    • @robertbennett9770
      @robertbennett9770 3 года назад +2

      12.2 percent wake up

    • @robertbennett9770
      @robertbennett9770 3 года назад

      No I m unfamiliar with the style the passion makes think so I'm not jealous just unfamiliar this is why we will never see eye to eye you are unforgiving

    • @robertbennett9770
      @robertbennett9770 3 года назад

      National census 12.2 percent

  • @laddeveritt8933
    @laddeveritt8933 3 года назад +441

    I can't watch this without crying hysterically.

    • @Rainjordan
      @Rainjordan 3 года назад +8

      same

    • @bidensucsbigdickskalmadrin6877
      @bidensucsbigdickskalmadrin6877 3 года назад

      @@Rainjordan suched

    • @myusername272
      @myusername272 3 года назад +16

      @Anon ymous that's a great idea. You should definitely do that. Probably too late though.

    • @myusername272
      @myusername272 3 года назад +35

      I'm a 38 year old ex marine, yea I know no such thing as ex marine lol, but same here. Awesome awe inspiring speach and by someone so young. This girl is amazing. Her family must be so proud, she has a very bright future.

    • @CC-gr7gf
      @CC-gr7gf 3 года назад +1

      You are just a simpleton

  • @johncarlovergara896
    @johncarlovergara896 3 года назад +156

    POV: The 1.6 million viewers are all students😂

    • @blackhawkrescue5fromroblox151
      @blackhawkrescue5fromroblox151 3 года назад +2

      Uh duh because they're learning about civil rights, slavery, and equal rights

    • @philippe94416
      @philippe94416 3 года назад

      Foreigners too, once I learnt that the translator needed to be black, I searched for a free source of the text. A good exemple of feel good speech. But no big loss in not buying her book. If the translator need to be black, then I am not too white to buy the book.

  • @christianhuber7890
    @christianhuber7890 3 года назад +15

    Today, I felt inspired to read and listen to "The Hill We Climb," and now I am literally crying with tears in my eyes. I don't cry at many things, but I am crying as the words of this poem resonate within me. With all of the disease, division, and death of last year and this one, this poem is quite timely. Thank you, Amanda, for this poem that you have given as a gift to the world. Thank you for voicing all of the feelings we've felt over these years in particular. Thank you. Much love to you!

    • @catwaxd8579
      @catwaxd8579 3 года назад

      Gooser_ is trolling. This information is brought to you by me, looking up 'white supremacist hand signal' on google.

  • @dreamcatcher3622
    @dreamcatcher3622 3 года назад +782

    ' a nation unfinished, not broken' - the spirit of Martin Luther King shines on.

    • @ragnarok283
      @ragnarok283 3 года назад +3

      Martin Luther King aka the commie.

    • @444erna
      @444erna 3 года назад +9

      @Anglo - no he wasn’t-

    • @misoptao9719
      @misoptao9719 3 года назад +11

      @Anglo how...as far as I'm concerned he was a blm campaigner and a pastor soooo

    • @FunnyFungus_
      @FunnyFungus_ 3 года назад +7

      @Anglo is that the only thing you see when you hear about MLK?

    • @kolonelfranz31
      @kolonelfranz31 3 года назад +12

      @Anglo a quick google search? That's what you base your opinions on? I'm no American, but even as a simple Dutch guy, i've read "Books" about him. Books, maybe you haven't heard about their existence, but they are a great alternative for google! Try it, and you might be surprised about them. There's a lot of information and depth in books google cant offer you. Criminal? I respect your right to your opinion, but come on, if even this Dutch dude knows more about him then you quickly googled, I feel really sorry for you, your fellow Americans and your educational system.. Enjoy your life in the divided states of America. You guys don't seem to notice that the VS used to be a respected friend of ours, but that respect is as good as gone in Europe.. While your people blame everything on China and Russia, we increasingly are turning our backs to what once was our allie, but nowadays a threat to the western world! Greetings from Amsterdam and good luck on your weird road to become a third world country!

  • @executiveprofessionalimage8917
    @executiveprofessionalimage8917 3 года назад +441

    Poet written by Amanda Gorman the Honorary Poet, "The Hill We Climb" is a historical and will be heard around the world. We will hear more from her. I heard your message, I thank you for your truth, thanks Debra.

    • @leannepaxton5012
      @leannepaxton5012 3 года назад +10

      I heard it in Australia and it really touched me.
      Amanda Gorman sure is one extremely talented young lady and I hope to hear so much more from her in the future. 🙏🏼

    • @brianneale2006
      @brianneale2006 3 года назад +7

      WE Wil Hear more from Amanda that is for sure not only in the U.S.A. But world wide I have no doubt

    • @khamfai
      @khamfai 3 года назад +3

      Here and hear in Thailand, she is amazing!

    • @kirstyselesho1962
      @kirstyselesho1962 3 года назад +4

      Here in South Africa!

    • @ingridwatsup9671
      @ingridwatsup9671 3 года назад +2

      Here in The Netherlands. Her hope is a great gift for a country sooo devided!

  • @simranaulckh8859
    @simranaulckh8859 3 года назад +52

    So we all just here doing our English class response assessment to this last min?

  • @something9308
    @something9308 3 года назад +40

    How the hell did all of our teachers send us here

    • @jjk4002
      @jjk4002 3 года назад +4

      idek bro they all share the same mind

    • @doyouthinkbro5266
      @doyouthinkbro5266 3 года назад

      Mind controlled drones

    • @johnnyssik
      @johnnyssik 3 года назад +2

      I'm guessing your teacher wanted you to be interested in something beautiful and righteous.

  • @loriterry4192
    @loriterry4192 3 года назад +235

    "For there is always light. If only we’re brave enough to see it. If only we’re brave enough to be it."

    • @winterlite3243
      @winterlite3243 3 года назад +3

      Yes! 🙏🏼💖

    • @davidmartin7889
      @davidmartin7889 3 года назад +1

      Hopelessly smug and indisposed
      To look into the light,
      With minds made up and closed,
      They turn from truth exposed,
      And seek the shelter of the night

    • @ShareefAliRnBSoul
      @ShareefAliRnBSoul 3 года назад +2

      That part! ❤️ it!!!!! 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

    • @SD-qw4xx
      @SD-qw4xx 3 года назад

      All this stanza conveys to me is Amanda Gorman's 'unconscious' desire to be white...lol

  • @anttikalpio4577
    @anttikalpio4577 3 года назад +317

    She spoke to the world and the world listened. A new fan in Finland right here ❤️🙋‍♂️

  • @sabree73
    @sabree73 3 года назад +7

    She is the Light for new generations!!

  • @professionalboomer
    @professionalboomer 3 года назад +198

    POV: You are reading the comments seeing, everybody is forced watching this bcs of their eng-teacher :)

  • @teresawanja7318
    @teresawanja7318 3 года назад +139

    Wow.This inspiring.The message cuts across boarders. If only we are brave enough to take it

    • @Brunzy1970
      @Brunzy1970 3 года назад

      Really?, good for you. I didn't have the same reaction to her speech as you did. Oh well.

    • @brianneale2006
      @brianneale2006 3 года назад

      YEP

  • @juliewilson3237
    @juliewilson3237 3 года назад +337

    I was moved and uplifted by this wonderful young woman’s talent . Fan in England

    • @edbarron
      @edbarron 3 года назад +23

      @Kevin Duggan why are you so nasty

    • @jessicajulia8
      @jessicajulia8 3 года назад +14

      This American supports your comment ignore our infestation of trolls, sorry. We’re not all filled with hate and hot air

    • @keithmitchell6548
      @keithmitchell6548 3 года назад +9

      @Kevin Duggan I’ve reported you for hate speech.

    • @keithmitchell6548
      @keithmitchell6548 3 года назад +7

      @Kevin Duggan Are you a bot? You’re still reported.

    • @juliewilson3237
      @juliewilson3237 3 года назад +4

      @@jessicajulia8 Thank you , I’ve watched what has happened in your country recently and it’s great to see something positive and uplifting .

  • @mattlanta7869
    @mattlanta7869 3 года назад +98

    POV: you have to write a response on this poem.

  • @mandy2917
    @mandy2917 3 года назад +72

    If anyone wants the entire poem:
    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 just-ice
    And yet the dawn is ours
    before we knew it
    Somehow we do it
    Somehow we've weathered and witnessed
    a nation that isn't broken
    but simply unfinished
    We the successors of a country and a 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 a union with purpose
    To compose a country committed to all cultures, colors, characters and
    conditions of man
    And so we lift our gazes 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 at 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 could catastrophe 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,
    benevolent 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 merge 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 from 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 windswept northeast
    where our forefathers first realized revolution
    We will rise from the lake-rimmed cities of the midwestern states,
    we will rise from the sunbaked south
    We will rebuild, reconcile and recover
    and every known nook of 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,
    aflame and unafraid
    The new dawn blooms as we free it
    For there is always light,
    if only we're brave enough to see it
    If only we're brave enough to be it

    • @ObsidianCrocodile
      @ObsidianCrocodile 3 года назад +3

      Thanks 🙏

    • @claraht.6999
      @claraht.6999 3 года назад

      I'm reminded of REVELATION chapter 20 after the judgement.....

    • @sageof6pandas233
      @sageof6pandas233 3 года назад

      the original

    • @hansnielsen7703
      @hansnielsen7703 3 года назад

      THANK YOU for giving the full text of the poem!

    • @pstang4545
      @pstang4545 3 года назад

      Thank you for putting the time and effort to share this with us!

  • @johnnydangerously7186
    @johnnydangerously7186 3 года назад +216

    She had my complete and undivided attention. I will remember her name, Amanda

    • @kevinwhite1772
      @kevinwhite1772 3 года назад

      That is how I found her on utube..."Amanda"

    • @conalcochranh3274
      @conalcochranh3274 3 года назад

      You will remember the name, Conal Cochran. Here, let me explain...
      And there, by a fluffy rainbow, we'll prance and dawdle;
      skip our way, hand in hand, down a candy path
      and splash about in a neon puddle.
      That's right, Sweetie; let's have a bubbly giggle and laugh
      about how we rolled cotton clouds across a raspberry sky;
      licked a lolly sun and learned to fly
      among marshmallow birds in soda-pop rain
      and picked bubblegum flowers on a chocolate plain.
      Eemmmmmm, wasn't that nice, Sweetie?
      Now let's do that again!
      -Beksinski Banished
      by Conal Cochran

  • @aarongzmn
    @aarongzmn 3 года назад +438

    Ohh this was so powerful. I got chills throughout the entire reading.

    • @singerspeak1
      @singerspeak1 3 года назад +5

      Me too!

    • @johnb7071
      @johnb7071 3 года назад +3

      It was scary, if anything...

    • @mick2spic
      @mick2spic 3 года назад +18

      @@johnb7071 Scary? Who would be scared from a gorgeous and uplifting words from a young woman. A poem

    • @Johtic_
      @Johtic_ 3 года назад +4

      all i heard was victim mentality

    • @johnb7071
      @johnb7071 3 года назад

      @@mick2spic because the message of unity through capitulation is unbelievably sick.

  • @williamalbright3157
    @williamalbright3157 3 года назад +4

    As just a person, this is a young lady with the most beautiful soul.And anyone doesn't get this I feel for them. Anyone one believes what she is saying they are welcome at my table. God Bless this young beautiful young lady

  • @elizabethkertesz1509
    @elizabethkertesz1509 3 года назад +15

    Trying to recite along:
    “When day comes we step out of the shade,
    Aflame and unafraid.
    The new dawn blooms as we free it.
    For there is always light
    If only we’re brave enough to see it,
    If only we’re brave enough to be it.”🌞

  • @HKLittlehales
    @HKLittlehales 3 года назад +255

    Oh my goodness - I am literally blown away. What an extraordinary young lady!! I am German, but I am sitting here with tears in my eyes and goosebumps all over. Such an inspiration!

    • @conalcochranh3274
      @conalcochranh3274 3 года назад

      Bubbles and Squeak
      got lost for a week
      in the glamour of Beverly Hills.
      They blew all their cash;
      came home with a rash
      and a case of the pusher's chills.
      -Trojan Horse Not Required
      by Conal Cochran

  • @consciouscommunity3897
    @consciouscommunity3897 3 года назад +219

    If we’re to live up to her own time, then victory won’t lie in the blade, but in all the bridges we’ve made.

    • @mattmarzula
      @mattmarzula 3 года назад +5

      Yeah and while democracy can be delayed, it cannot be defeated. 2024.

    • @evanhaddrick3175
      @evanhaddrick3175 3 года назад +2

      Conscious Community agree with you.

  • @fredm5245
    @fredm5245 3 года назад +82

    The more you replay this, the more valuable the message it carries. America can be extremely proud of her.

    • @arisun110
      @arisun110 3 года назад

      @Harald Harster No. She isn't just talking about the president, she is talking about how the world is changing and how we as Americans need to look at the past and acknowledge the mistakes we have done by then fixing them. Joe Biden is only mentioned one time throughout the entire poem.

    • @arisun110
      @arisun110 3 года назад

      @Harald Harster But she wrote these words herself. She knows that America is far from perfect, and many great white people have made extraordinary discoveries. But what you need to understand is that white people aren't always the heroes painted on the portrait. Fortunately, we all are moving on from that. That is what she is trying to say.

    • @charliebrooks-zp4do
      @charliebrooks-zp4do Год назад

      THAT IS A BUNCH OF MUMBO JUMBO AND YOU KNOW IT FRED

  • @codysouroy3227
    @codysouroy3227 3 года назад +4

    This brought tears. She represents and speaks so much truth. God bless this "unfinished world"!

  • @imago1203
    @imago1203 3 года назад +862

    "The Hill We Climb"
    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 just-ice
    And yet the dawn is ours
    before we knew it
    Somehow we do it
    Somehow we've weathered and witnessed
    a nation that isn’t broken
    but simply unfinished
    We the successors of a country and a 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 a union with purpose
    To compose a country committed to all cultures, colors, characters and
    conditions of man
    And so we lift our gazes 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 at 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 could catastrophe 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,
    benevolent 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 merge 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 from 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 windswept northeast
    where our forefathers first realized revolution
    We will rise from the lake-rimmed cities of the midwestern states,
    we will rise from the sunbaked south
    We will rebuild, reconcile and recover
    and every known nook of 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,
    aflame and unafraid
    The new dawn blooms as we free it
    For there is always light,
    if only we’re brave enough to see it
    If only we’re brave enough to be it

  • @tonykennedy4115
    @tonykennedy4115 3 года назад +387

    I don’t feel qualified to make comment on this poem. Let just say that I am a 53 year old white man from the other side of the world (New Zealand), and the power of these words isn’t lost on me. They brought a tear to my eyes and fill me with hope. What an amazing person she is.

    • @darrenbent7601
      @darrenbent7601 3 года назад +9

      I'm a Kiwi also, a Pakeha. And this is just so inspiring.

    • @frusia123
      @frusia123 3 года назад +16

      I felt the same watching this in Europe

    • @shawanairam8924
      @shawanairam8924 3 года назад +12

      Aww, me too from London 💕❤️💕

    • @sezaiyuyucuoglu8249
      @sezaiyuyucuoglu8249 3 года назад +12

      From Australia with goosebumps .

    • @sageof6pandas233
      @sageof6pandas233 3 года назад +11

      Im an american, this poem should not just apply to americans

  • @yukkiv2901
    @yukkiv2901 3 года назад +5

    Analysis of “The hill we climb” - Amanda Gorman.
    Summary
    “The Hill We Climb”, is an inauguration poem recited on January 6th, 2021 by the 22-year-old Amanda Gorman. In the poem, she speaks upon a lot of the ongoing problems in America. Also, what it really means to be an American. In front of millions of people, she stood up and highlighted some of the problems in which America has been through and is eventually going to meet. How we have become more divided, and how there should be a place for everyone. How we should strive for a more united nation, she also mentions chooses to mention racism here and there. To sum it all up in one sentence: “But that doesn't mean we are striving to form a union that is perfect. We are striving to forge a union with purpose.”
    Analytical poem
    “But while democracy can be periodically delayed it can never be permanently defeated.”
    Here she is talking about how Joe Biden was declared the winner of the 2020 presidential race, and Donald Trump not wanting to accept the results of the election. He suggested postponing the election and have reelection since he thought that that increased postal voting could essentially lead to fraud and inaccurate results. The sentence was also a direct message to the violent mob that attacked Congress not too long ago. This all happened because of Donald Trump, telling his supports they should fight like hell if they want to win “their” country back. She was basically telling all the angry Trump supporters: No matter what you do, democracy will always prevail.
    “To compose a country committed to all cultures, colors, characters, and conditions of man.”
    In her poem, she chooses to put some focus on racism, and she even mentions it a few times. This is, to say the least, a very controversial topic, however, it is something that deserves attention and to is pointed out since a lot of the racism also comes from the US government. Also, a lot of African Americans still believe they are being suppressed so it is a good way to appeal to a bigger audience. She also mentions herself as an example, maybe for pointing out how much the US has changed. And that for maybe only 40 years ago she would not have been allowed to be reciting for the US president because of her skin color.
    “We must first put our differences aside.” America has the most ethnicities in the world; however, Americans are also getting more divided. This also goes economically wise, because while the rich people are getting richer, the poor people, on the other hand, are getting left behind in a struggling society. She chose to not talk about climate change and such because this poem was more directed at the people. I also think she chose not to include it since Joe Bidden already has a lot, no reason to beat a dead horse.
    “We will rebuild, reconcile and recover.” It means that America is in a need of a change if they ever wish to develop as a people and a nation. To reconcile the people and rebuild the country as well as rethink their priorities.
    Examples of alliterations:
    She says “we” a lot of times, actually, more than 8% of her entire speech is the word “we”. She also mentions “We will” 10 times. You can really hear how she tries to push out the idea that we are all in this together. Every time she refers to the American people it is by saying “We”. This also adds to her pathos, making it sound like they are all in this together.
    To conclude, I think that Amanda succeeded in getting her message across in the right way. First of all because of the right methods she used to deliver her poem. She utilized the right techniques/words correctly and talked politically well too. Nothing sounded too off, and all in all I really liked it. If I had to critique the poem it would have to be, I do not like how she mentions her past. It is interesting nonetheless that does not make it relevant.
    Ps. Here is my assignment I wrote this myself yesterday, it's 100% Original so don't worry. For all the people that need help, I got you. Love you all. Please don't copyright this comment took me hours to make
    From:
    - Yukkiv2

  • @chiaras.6058
    @chiaras.6058 3 года назад +9

    America once was "The City Upon the Hill", now she's perfectly right arguing America in some terms became "The Hill we (Re)climb". What a passionate speech in a depressing world..

  • @ghostdancer12
    @ghostdancer12 3 года назад +386

    What an incredible poem, and what an inspirational person... I’m just a few lines she washed away the filth left by the previous administration.

    • @ix7687
      @ix7687 3 года назад +1

      Omg ruclips.net/video/IxXjonq4mJM/видео.html what!!

    • @RL-ut6dl
      @RL-ut6dl 3 года назад +1

      And The Beat Goes On George Floyd

    • @Gl6619
      @Gl6619 3 года назад +1

      @@RL-ut6dl sick burn, incel

    • @bettyg.4888
      @bettyg.4888 3 года назад +1

      You said it perfectly.

    • @scrabbleking1965
      @scrabbleking1965 3 года назад +8

      Derek, yes she did, I wasn't expecting this new dawn to feel so refreshing.

  • @SincerelyGail
    @SincerelyGail 3 года назад +53

    One of my favorite moments during the inauguration. I found myself so moved and cried.

    • @user-ii4ng6he4q
      @user-ii4ng6he4q 3 года назад

      Omg ruclips.net/video/IxXjonq4mJM/видео.html what!!.)

    • @switchbackimage5966
      @switchbackimage5966 3 года назад +3

      And cried, and cried. Praying Teachers will show students this in the future of futures in inertia.
      'Every breath of my bronze cheat' 😍😍😍😍 Beautiful blooms!

    • @alanjones6359
      @alanjones6359 3 года назад +3

      Me to and I'm british she was brilliant - love you USA - go for it !

    • @magnumsolutions
      @magnumsolutions 3 года назад +1

      I am not one given to being emotional, but I have to be honest. My non-existent allergies kicked in and had my eyes watering and my voice quivering when all I could manage was 'Wow'.

    • @alanjones6359
      @alanjones6359 3 года назад

      @Noir Path dont make laugh 😄😄😄😄😄😄😄😄 !!!

  • @rosenrot201
    @rosenrot201 3 года назад +6

    I'm a full German that spent all of her summers in California, some of my best friends are American. Not being able to go as usual is hard. This made me tear up, I love and miss your country guys. From all my heart, I hope America recovers soon, with the lead of a new president.

  • @teacherfalguni27
    @teacherfalguni27 3 года назад +5

    This girl was amazing!!!!!! When she talks about her “bronze soul”.....wow, she stole the show!

  • @Mirskydigital
    @Mirskydigital 3 года назад +41

    Extraordinary poetry and performance by inaugural poet Amanda Gorman. Mic drop. Jaw drop too!

    • @ix7687
      @ix7687 3 года назад

      Omg ruclips.net/video/IxXjonq4mJM/видео.html what!!.)₴

  • @patsykirkpatrick6062
    @patsykirkpatrick6062 3 года назад +133

    That young girl just killed it.

    • @tcnbrooklyn2638
      @tcnbrooklyn2638 3 года назад +13

      22 yrs Harvard Grad baby this is a woman😘😘 .

    • @MsLatrice2
      @MsLatrice2 3 года назад +1

      Do the damn thang

  • @saulramirez547
    @saulramirez547 3 года назад +41

    Not just black excellence, just the very definition of excellence itself.

    • @rayz25
      @rayz25 3 года назад +1

      What

  • @bobmckay8818
    @bobmckay8818 3 года назад +1

    This beautiful young woman, spoke brilliantly. With more poise and dignity than many I have ever heard

  • @kaptainkool408
    @kaptainkool408 3 года назад +133

    I never thought I tear up at the reciting of a poem but man oh man this hit me hard. ABSOLUTELY SPECTACULAR. AMAZING

  • @michelenelson3513
    @michelenelson3513 3 года назад +155

    Serious Maya vibes in this young woman. She will go far!

  • @colinlaw3261
    @colinlaw3261 3 года назад +26

    POV: Ur looking through the comments for things to help u write ur essay

    • @Robeartoo
      @Robeartoo 3 года назад

      this ones just true lol

  • @philodoxable
    @philodoxable 3 года назад +6

    Why am I sobbing but also watching this as a Canadian? 😭😭😭

  • @Ksweetpea
    @Ksweetpea 3 года назад +129

    I have not smiled, believed, or felt inspired like this in years.

    • @Gl6619
      @Gl6619 3 года назад +2

      I didn’t watch the Trump inauguration but I doubt there was anything this inspiring

    • @chrisjones3070
      @chrisjones3070 3 года назад

      You're a bit of a poet yourself.

  • @wohlgemuthjr
    @wohlgemuthjr 3 года назад +153

    remember ABC as you say she reads and recites... that make sure you realize this wonderful young lady also WROTE THESE POWERFUL words....

  • @MFM230
    @MFM230 3 года назад +5

    Such a beautiful young woman who could have aspired to become an actress, but I am glad she decided to become a poet, a poet of great talent. Her inaugural address was magnificent. I loved her graceful hand gestures. She stole the hearts of Americans everywhere.

  • @tiegatries
    @tiegatries 5 месяцев назад +2

    I was thinking while she was reciting about how much light she exudes and then she ended with "there is always light".

  • @TheCerebralDude
    @TheCerebralDude 3 года назад +47

    “Some of us would rather shatter America before they would share it” Amanda

    • @brianwalls6938
      @brianwalls6938 3 года назад +3

      United, this country stands. Divided, this country falls. America will be consumed by it's enemies abroad and this nation will be wiped off the planet!

  • @josetoro4405
    @josetoro4405 3 года назад +73

    Absolutely graceful and moving. It was as if words were dancing a hopeful song. Bravo young girl! greetings from Chile!

  • @terrysteffen1679
    @terrysteffen1679 3 года назад +4

    Beautiful and inspiring! This young woman gives us the hope we need for the future we face. I love how she uses her hands to express her thoughts.

  • @sohamvankudre2994
    @sohamvankudre2994 3 года назад +13

    POV: You're watching this for a school English assignment.

  • @snowmass5310
    @snowmass5310 3 года назад +53

    I am not a mom but when she was talking today I felt that proud 'That's my daughter' moment .What a honor ! That confidence and her powerful words ..

  • @MsLifeandStuffTV
    @MsLifeandStuffTV 3 года назад +139

    She was, as we say, "raised right"!

    • @MrsEJV
      @MrsEJV 3 года назад +3

      Yes. Attending Harvard certainly served her well. BTW - she is a twin!

    • @dangoldstein5512
      @dangoldstein5512 3 года назад +4

      actually she's as far left as they come

    • @dangoldstein5512
      @dangoldstein5512 3 года назад +2

      @QUEEN CLEO you are the problem in this country. There was nothing confrontational about my comment, but of course you reply with a lame ass remark about Trump. Obviously you didn't hear a word that Amanda said.

    • @tonysa2337
      @tonysa2337 3 года назад +5

      She went to a private school, recieved numerous scholarships and graduated from Harvard and still her entire poem is structured around a binary victim and oppresor narrative. How tragic that even one as unbelievably privileged as she chooses to portray her country as unequally flawed and herself as a victim.

    • @dangoldstein5512
      @dangoldstein5512 3 года назад +1

      @@tonysa2337 well said

  • @hannington7568
    @hannington7568 3 года назад +68

    I have lost count of how many times I have replayed this poem. Powerful and moving indeed. Thanks, Amanda.

    • @alexaaa429
      @alexaaa429 2 года назад

      do me a favor

    • @daysmae2145
      @daysmae2145 Год назад

      That’s why de Santis governer of Florida is banning it

  • @peterpane1773
    @peterpane1773 3 года назад +1

    Americans, Amanda's words are why we love, respect and trust in you, and your great country. "The new dawn blooms as we free it". Heal, and the world heals with you. God does bless America.

  • @ghimmster
    @ghimmster 3 года назад +53

    Oh my god, she was absolutely great, strong, clear, powerful ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

  • @triciag3311
    @triciag3311 3 года назад +25

    For the last 4 years, I never knew if I'd feel hope for humanity or our country again. It was beautiful to wake up today and feel some hope again, and this wonderful young woman's poem gave me so much hope. It was one of the most beautiful things I've ever heard!

  • @mamadeacon6542
    @mamadeacon6542 3 года назад +5

    Absolutely Beautiful!! Exactly what we need to hear right now. Amazing what she has done with her life. She was amazing!!🥰❤️🥰

  • @RockinAtheist
    @RockinAtheist 3 года назад +5

    The highlight of the day; a day that brought relief to millions, nay billions , of people around the world.

  • @pantherwmn70
    @pantherwmn70 3 года назад +101

    Amanda Gorman has me in tears again. From the first time I heard her to this rehearing I am in 😢. Jennifer had me bawling too. In her knockout white I felt inspired by the last note I was 😭! Women, I admire each of you that I View on my TV screen today. You are bold & brave, & still fighting for a freedom for all! You're talented and deserve BLESSINGS because you're clearing a path, and You're passing that power & 💘 on! NAMASTÉ

  • @landofthelivingskies3318
    @landofthelivingskies3318 3 года назад +69

    Maya Angelou would declare that Amanda Gorman is a phenomenal woman, and I would 100% agree.

  • @melaniewegner6214
    @melaniewegner6214 3 года назад +4

    I just received my hard copy of this stunning American address. Tears in my eyes.

  • @Katie-be2uq
    @Katie-be2uq 2 года назад +2

    not even american, not even here for an assignment, this speech is just one of my favourite things ever- somewhat a comfort poem