Amanda Gorman, the 22-year-old poet who tampered with the United States under President Joe Biden last month, once again led the spotlight on one of the country’s biggest stages, the Super Bowl.
Gorman read an original poem on Sunday during the pre-game festivities in Tampa, Florida.
The poem, entitled Chorus of the Captains, was a tribute to three people for their contributions during the pandemic: educator Trimaine Davis, managing nurse Suzie Dorner and Navy veteran James Martin.
Amanda Gorman, the young poet who did a captivating performance in the possession of President Joe Biden, opened the Super Bowl with a new work
The charismatic 22-year-old is the first poet to perform in the National Football League championship, America’s most watched broadcast of the year
Gorman tweeted the meaning of his poetry recitation for the first time in the Super Bowl
Gorman did not perform in the field, but appeared in a recorded video message that combined Gorman’s reading with images from Davis, Dorner and Martin. Gorman recited:
‘Let’s walk with these warriors / Move forward with these champions / And carry out the call of our captains / We celebrate them by acting / With courage and compassion / Doing what is right and fair / For the time being we honor them today / These are they that everyone the days honor us. ‘
‘They took the lead / Overcoming all expectations and limitations / Raising their communities and neighbors / As leaders, healers and educators,’ she said.
In his poem, Gorman called the nurses’ work an example that ‘even in tragedy, hope is possible’.
Gorman became an international sensation after reciting his original work The Hill We Climb at the inaugural, a poem inspired by the attack on the United States Capitol. She is photographed at the inauguration
Young poet laureate Amanda Gorman is depicted speaking in the possession of President Joe Biden on the West Front of the Capitol last month
Gorman delivered his poem Chorus of the Captains, honoring three people: an educator, an intensive care nurse, and a veteran of the US Marine Corps
Gorman did not play in the field, but appeared in a recorded video message
The fact that Gorman brought poetry to the Super Bowl was an almost unthinkable collision of grace and brilliance. But if the Super Bowl, an annual rite of excess, was an unlikely platform for a poet, it showed how much Gorman has conquered the country’s spotlight since its inauguration.
Gorman, previously the country’s first National Young Poet Laureate, was the youngest person to recite a poem in the US presidential inauguration.
His reading of The Hill We Climb on the Capitol immediately became a sensation. An illustrated book of his poem quickly reached the top of the bestseller lists.
Shortly after the inauguration, she signed with IMG Models, an agency that represents supermodels, tennis star Naomi Osaka and playwright Jeremy O. Harris.
The poem celebrated the work of nurse Suzie Dorner, seen here while she was preparing for the head or crown before the Super Bowl LV
Honorary Super Bowl captains, nurse Suzie Dorner, educator Trimaine Davis and veteran James Martin react on the pitch before the game starts
Referee Carl Cheffers # 51 fist bumps nurse Suzie Dorner before the game starts
Health professional Suzie Dorner tosses the coin before the NFL Super Bowl game
This week, she covers Time magazine in an interview with Michelle Obama.
Gorman’s appearance in the Super Bowl was planned before the inauguration.
She seemed to understand the impropriety of her pre-game reading, the first in Super Bowl history. And with potentially 100 million viewers on the CBS broadcast, it generated a very popular poetry recital.
“Poetry at the Super Bowl is a feat for art and our country, because it means that we are thinking imaginatively about the human connection, even when we feel isolated,” Gorman tweeted before his presentation.
‘I also cannot reiterate how exciting it is for me that other people are excited to see poetry at a football game. What a time to be alive.
‘I will honor three heroes who exemplify the best of this effort. A toast to them, poetry and a Super Bowl like no other. ‘
Before Gorman’s performance, the enigmatic R&B artist HER sang an electrified version of America The Beautiful, and Jazmine Sullivan joined country singer Eric Church for a duet of the US national anthem.
Weeknd presented an electrifying set during the halftime show, in what was one of the highest profile performances of the year.
Eric Church and Jazmine Sullivan sang the national anthem before the NFL Super Bowl and between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers