A review by amandasbookreview
Call Us What We Carry: Poems by Amanda Gorman

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

 
“we know our inaction and inertia

will be the inheritance of the next generation

Our blunders become their burdens

But one thing is certain:

If we merge mercy with might,

and might with right,

then love becomes our legacy

and change our children’s birthright

So let us leave behind a country

better than the one we were left with”

CALL US WHAT WE CARRY
Call Us What We Carry is a collection of poems by Presidential Inaugural Poet, Amanda Gorman. While this collection does contain The Hill We Climb, the poem that she wrote at the 2021 Inauguration of President Biden, it also contains several others. The poems go through history and the effects they have on the present. It also focuses on all the emotions that we have faced during the Pandemic.

The poems make an impact but are also hopeful and lyrical. One of my favorites is called, The Miracle of Morning.

“While we might feel small, separate, and all alone,
Our people have never been more closely tethered.
The question isn’t if we will weather this unknown,
But how we will weather this unknown together.

So on this meaningful morn, we mourn and we mend.
Like light, we can’t be broken, even when we bend.”

THE MIRACLE OF MORNING
I do recommend the audiobook because it is read by the author and her passion is a light that shines so bright. I rate this collection 5 out of 5 stars.