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"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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Jan-16-25 "Smoldering Dawn" by Amanda Gorman

As a proud Angeleno, the fires that have devastated our county have been heart-breaking. I am so fortunate that while my own home in the Palisades was at risk and had some damage from the fires, I am safe. So many others cannot say the same, and my heart goes out to all of those who have been affected and are rebuilding their lives from ash.

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.

DMU Timestamp: January 14, 2025 01:57

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.)

DMU Timestamp: January 15, 2025 23:04





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