Activist and poet Amanda Gorman, who was the country’s first National Young Poet Laureate in the country, recited an original poem before Sunday. Super Bowl game between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
Gorman’s poem, “Chorus of the Captains”, celebrated and introduced the three honorary captains – Pittsburgh Navy veteran James Martin, who volunteers with the Wounded Warrior Project and works with children at risk, Los Angeles educator Trimaine Davis and Tampa ICU nurse manager Suzie Dorner – who was specially invited to the game by the NFL.
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Gorman, 22, is the first poet to recite a poem at a Super Bowl game. “These are the moments I strive for in my life, which is taking poetry to places we least expect, so that we can fight the ways in which it can heal and resurrect us,” she said Trevor Noah in “The Daily Show”.
The young activist, who recited several original works commissioned by “CBS This Morning, “became a viral sensation when he sang his original poem” The Hill We Climb “in the possession of President Biden. the youngest poet to recite a poem at a presidential inauguration.
She said “CBS This Morning” co-host Anthony Mason, then: “Poetry is a weapon. It is an instrument of social change … and poetry is one of the most political arts in existence, because it requires you to break up and destabilize the language you’re working with. “Inherently, you’re struggling with the status quo. And so, for me, it has always existed in this tradition of telling the truth. “
Gorman’s poem followed the musical performances by Grammy-winning artist HER, R&B and pop star Jazmine Sullivan and Grammy-nominated country singer Eric Church. Grammy winner HER sang “America The Beautiful”, while Sullivan and Church gave an original version of the national anthem. ASL Performer Warren “Wawa” Snipe signed the two songs as well.
