Amanda Gorman, the youngest poet in US history to mark the transition of presidential power, offered a hopeful vision for a deeply divided country on Wednesday with her poem The Hill We Climb. Gorman, ...

On September 14, 1814, as he watched the British bombardment of Fort McHenry during the War of 1812, amateur poet Francis Scott Key wrote a verse that would become one of the most important in the ...

Amanda Gorman recited her poem at President Biden’s inauguration ceremony outside the U.S. Capitol. The 22-year-old is the ...

NEW YORK (AP) — The country's next inaugural poet is an old pro at ceremonial occasions, and she's only 22. Amanda Gorman has written for everything from a July 4 celebration featuring the Boston Pops ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — America's first national youth poet laureate Amanda Gorman touched on images of defeat and triumphant as she recited her poem "The Hill We Climb" before the nation at Wednesday's ...

Gorman, 22, a Los Angeles resident, joined the ranks of previous inaugural poets Robert Frost, Maya Angelou and Elizabeth Alexander, with a powerful performance at the swearing-in of President Joe ...

MIAMI (AP) — A poem written for President Joe Biden’s inauguration has been placed on a restricted list at a South Florida elementary school after one parent’s complaint. In a Facebook post on Tuesday ...

Amanda Gorman, the nation's first National Youth Poet Laureate, reads at the inauguration of President Joe Biden in the nation's capital on Jan. 20.