There’s a lot of aloha in what she has to say we should all take note. It becomes obvious pretty quickly that only somebody who has experienced surfing and the ocean in a transformative way could have penned such words.Ĭlearly, her time on a surfboard moved her. If you have a hot minute, go find “Ode to the Ocean” and give it a read.
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Getting her “feet in the wax,” as they say, clearly the stoke is on.Īs Kahanamoku said, “Our water is so full of life.”
The day after Gorman’s inaugural debut, the group Textured Waves, which advocates for equality and inclusion in the surf, posted the above photo of Gorman on its Instagram feed. May we sing out the ocean’s survival and revival.īeing the people of this blue planet is our most May the seas help us see healing and hope, Scrolling through her Instagram feed, I found her 2020 poem, “Ode to the Ocean.” With the heart of a surfer, her words offer a forceful, impassioned cry to save our seas. She also wants to run for President in 2036-when she’ll finally be old enough.īut, as I discovered while trying to find out more about Gorman, we coincidentally share a connection to saltwater. It seems fitting that she was invited to speak at the inauguration by First Lady Jill Biden, an educator by trade, as Gorman’s mom is a teacher in Watts herself. Inspired to make her voice heard, Gorman graduated cum laude from Harvard, and while going to school, also earned the distinction of being named the first National Youth Poet Laureate. Her now-famous poem was largely composed while under the pandemic lockdown in Los Angeles. Growing up not far from Inkwell Beach in Santa Monica-the only place for Black beachgoers during Los Angeles’ segregated past-Gorman struggled with a speech impediment in which even saying the word “poetry” presented a challenge. Poet laureate Amanda Gorman follows the time-honored tradition of writers who surf. But who was this young, strong, fresh-faced African American woman? Where did she come from? Her poise, eloquence and grace at the podium were striking. But in all the bridges we’ve made,” she continued. “If we’re to live up to our own time, then victory won’t lie in the blade.
In “The Hill We Climb,” Gorman’s words and intentions are pure: put down the differences and share a little aloha. Presidential inauguration.įorget political affiliation, whom you voted for or anything else that is currently being used to divide us. “We seek harm to none and harmony for all,” said Gorman, the youngest poet to read their prose at a U.S. 20, when 22-year-old Amanda Gorman stepped up to the mic and, in front of a global audience, shared her words. I believe it and it is my creed.”įast-forward about a century to last Wednesday, Jan.
“Try meeting or leaving people with ‘Aloha.’ You’ll be surprised by their reaction. Aloha is the key word to the universal spirit of real hospitality, which makes Hawaii renowned as the world’s center of understanding and fellowship,” Duke Kahanamoku, father of modern surfing, famously explained. “In Hawaii, we greet friends, loved ones or strangers with ‘Aloha,’ which means love. In one of my first columns of 2021, I wanted to start the new year with a message of inclusivity and remind us all that surfing has a magical way of bringing people together. Inauguration poet Amanda Gorman wants to save the world’s oceans
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