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Live From the DNC: Amanda Gorman's Terrible Poetry

"We will not be delayed. We will not be masquerade To the tale of a handmade. We will not let Roe v. Wade slowly fade." *snap*

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Ben Domenech
Aug 22, 2024
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I don’t have much to review beyond this because it’s just so hilariously bad, except to recommend that you check out the Red Scare subreddit and its summation and intense mockery of Amanda Gorman’s “poetry” — by the way, she’s 26 now, so I don’t really get the definition of the “youth laureate” category.

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