Amanda Gorman's Poem 'Smoldering Dawn'

Amanda Gorman's Poem 'Smoldering Dawn'

Amanda Gorman is the youngest presidential inaugural poet in U.S. history, an award-winning writer, and cum laude graduate of Harvard University. Her books Change Sings, Call Us What We Carry, and Something Someday each debuted at number one on The New York Times, USA Today, and Wall Street Journal bestsellers lists. Her home in Pacific Palisades was damaged in the fires. She wrote this poem during the fires to process her fears and raise funds …