"Smoldering Dawn" by Amanda Gorman (2025)
Author: Amanda Gorman
Gorman, Amanda. Instagram, 10 Jan. 2025, www.instagram.com/amandascgorman/reel/DEqfcZHSM4t/.
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| When | Why |
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| Jan-16-25 | "Smoldering Dawn" by Amanda Gorman |
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I wrote this poem, “Smoldering Dawn”, to process my own fears and prayers for us as we come together as a community to heal from this trauma. While we mourn what we have lost, we also give thanks to the first responders, firefighters and civilians who have fought so tirelessly to combat these fires and ensure the safety of so many.
To honor them, I’m releasing this poem as a fundraiser for the California Fire Foundation, which is offering support and aid to firefighters families, as well as those who have been impacted by the fires. 💛 Give what you can, help who you can, stay safe, and this too we shall conquer.
Added January 16, 2025 at 11:38am
by Paul Allison
Title: "Smoldering Dawn" by Amanda Gorman
All Our Angels Have Gone.
In this smoldering dawn we
soldier on.
We've proved ourselves
strong.
Not by how badly we've
burned.
By how bravely we bond.
Apocalypse does not mean ruin
but revelation.
In devastation this infurnus
has injured us but it cannot
endure us even in the
surreal, We do not surrender.
We emerge from the embers.
The hardest part, is not
disaster, but the after.
Scorched earth is where the
heart hurts.
Where we restore first where
we start the work.
Today we morn.
Tomorrow re born.
We end the burning.
Befriend the hurting.
Mend those who face the
flame.
We recalim our city's name
A revelation
that only this
place tells:
to find our angels, all we
need do is look within
ourselves.
(As of Jan 16, 2025, Amanda Gorman has only published her poem as an Instagram video with captions. This is a gues as to what the poem might read as text.)
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Is there a way for us to see a transcript of the poem, as well as the video? Poetry is dense – hard thing to parse/comprehend without seeing the words. Also when I asked it to create an image and then regenerate it, I chose “use it” but where is it?
on the uploaded document.
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