Activist and poet Amanda Gorman, who was the country’s first award-winning young national poet, recited an original poem before Sunday Super Bowl game between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
Gorman’s poem, “Captains’ Heart,” celebrated and presented the three honorary captains: Pittsburgh-based veteran James Martin, who volunteers with the Wounded Warrior Project and works with children at risk. Los Angeles educator Trimaine Davis and Tampa ICU nurse. manager Suzie Dorner, who was specially invited to the game by the NFL.
Watch his full performance, previously recorded by the NFL, here:
Gorman, 22, is the first poet to recite a poem in a Super Bowl game. “These are the times I struggle with in my life, which is to bring poetry to places we least expect, so that we can fully address the ways in which it can heal and resurrect us,” he said. Trevor Noah on “The Daily Show.”
The young activist, who has recited several original works commissioned by “CBS This Morning, “went viral when he performed his original poem” The Hill We Climb “at President Biden’s inauguration. the youngest poet to recite a poem at a presidential inauguration.
She he said “CBS This Morning” co-host Anthony Mason then said, “Poetry is a weapon. It’s an instrument of social change … and poetry is one of the most political arts out there because it demands Break and destabilize the language you’re working with. ”Intrinsically, you’re pushing against the status quo. So for me, it has always existed in this tradition of telling the truth. “
Gorman’s poem followed the musical performances of Grammy-winning HER, R&B and pop star Jazmine Sullivan and Grammy-nominated country singer Eric Church. Grammy-winning HER sang “America The Beautiful,” while Sullivan and Church originally performed the national anthem. ASL interpreter Warren “Wawa” Snipe he also signed both songs.
