There Was No Poem At Biden’s Inauguration
How prose is passed off as poetry in an infantilized society
7 min readJan 28, 2021
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Amanda Gorman recited her poem, “The Hill We Climb” for Joe Biden’s presidential inauguration. Under the circumstances, her platitudes were suitably upbeat and dumbed-down, and Gorman’s youth and African Americanness at the forefront of the political discourse were likewise uplifting.