![]() ![]() That everyone shall sit under their own vine and fig tree Not because we will never again know defeatīut because we will never again sow division That we’ll forever be tied together, victorious Let the globe, if nothing else, say this is true: We close the divide because we know, to put our future first, To compose a country committed to all cultures, colors, characters andĪnd so we lift our gazes not to what stands between us We are striving to forge a union with purpose We the successors of a country and a timeĭescended from slaves and raised by a single mother We’ve learned that quiet isn’t always peace Where can we find light in this never-ending shade? presidential inauguration, with the 22-year-old reciting her poem “The Hill We Climb” after Joe Biden and Kamala Harris were sworn in as president and vice president. Amanda Gorman became the youngest person to deliver a poem at a U.S. ![]()
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