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The Hill We Climb: An Inaugural Poem for the Country The Hill We Climb: An Inaugural Poem for the Country by Amanda Gorman
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“When day comes, we step out of the shade of flame and unafraid.
The new dawn balloons 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.”
Amanda Gorman, The Hill We Climb: An Inaugural Poem for the Country
“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”
Amanda Gorman, The Hill We Climb: An Inaugural Poem for the Country
“Somehow we've weathered and witnessed
a nation that isn't broken
but simply unfinished. . .
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”
Amanda Gorman, The Hill We Climb: An Inaugural Poem for the Country
“That is the promised glade, The hill we climb, if only we dare it: Because being American is more than a pride we inherit— It’s the past we step into, and how we repair it.”
Amanda Gorman, The Hill We Climb: An Inaugural Poem for the Country
“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.”
Amanda Gorman, The Hill We Climb: An Inaugural Poem for the Country
“our people diverse and beautiful will emerge,
battered and beautiful
When day comes we step out of the shade,
aflame and unafraid”
Amanda Gorman, The Hill We Climb: An Inaugural Poem for the Country
“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.”
Amanda Gorman, The Hill We Climb: An Inaugural Poem for the Country
“For there is always light, If only we’re brave enough to see it, If only we’re brave enough to be it.”
Amanda Gorman, The Hill We Climb: An Inaugural Poem
“Somehow, we’ve weathered and witnessed A nation that isn’t broken, but simply
unfinished.”
Amanda Gorman, The Hill We Climb: An Inaugural Poem for the Country
“If we merge mercy with might, and might
with right, Then love becomes our legacy,  And change, our children’s birthright.”
Amanda Gorman, The Hill We Climb: An Inaugural Poem for the Country
“Scripture tells us to envision that: “Everyone shall sit under their own vine and fig tree, And no one shall make them afraid.”
Amanda Gorman, The Hill We Climb: An Inaugural Poem for the Country
“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.”
Amanda Gorman, The Hill We Climb: An Inaugural Poem for the Country
“We’ve learned that quiet isn’t always peace, And the norms and notions of what “just is” Isn’t always justice.”
Amanda Gorman, The Hill We Climb: An Inaugural Poem for the Country
“There is always light, if only your brave enough to see it. If only your brave enough to be it.”
Amanda Gorman, The Hill We Climb: An Inaugural Poem for the Country
“That even as we grieved, we grew,
That even as we hurt, we hoped,
That even as we tired, we tried.”
Amanda Gorman, The Hill We Climb: An Inaugural Poem for the Country
“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.”
Amanda Gorman, The Hill We Climb: An Inaugural Poem for the Country
“When day comes, we step out of the shade of flame and unafraid.
The new dawn balloons 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.
The Hill We Climb: An Inaugural Poem for the Country”
Amanda Gorman, The Hill We Climb: An Inaugural Poem for the Country
“So while once we asked: How could we
possibly prevail over catastrophe? Now we assert: How could catastrophe
possibly prevail over us?”
Amanda Gorman, The Hill We Climb: An Inaugural Poem for the Country
“The hill we climb, if only we dare it: Because being American is more than a pride we inherit—It’s the past we step into, and how we repair it.”
Amanda Gorman, The Hill We Climb: An Inaugural Poem for the Country
“Not because we will never again know
defeat, But because we will never again sow
division.”
Amanda Gorman, The Hill We Climb: An Inaugural Poem for the Country
“So while we once asked: How could we possibly prevail over catastrophe?
Now we assert: How could catastrophe possibly prevail over us?”
Amanda Gorman, The Hill We Climb: An Inaugural Poem for the Country