Youth poet laureate Amanda Gorman's jewelry carried powerful significance

Amanda Gorman, the first national youth poet laureate, wore a ring in the shape of a caged bird — a tribute to African American poet Maya Angelou — gifted to her by Oprah Winfrey as she became the youngest poet to read at an inauguration ceremony https://t.co/myNFf2pISL

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Amanda Gorman, the nation's first-ever youth poet laureate, called for Americans to "leave behind a country better than the one we were left" and unify together as she spoke at President Joe Biden's inauguration. https://t.co/cqB4pZpaAv pic.twitter.com/BnAImxmhq6

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Here's the poem that Amanda Gorman, the nation's first-ever youth poet laureate, read during President Biden's inauguration https://t.co/VYkTI1NquR

— CNN (@CNN) January 21, 2021