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She is currently a distinguished visiting professor at the Iowa Writers Workshop.
She was a WPR Fellow at Harvard University from 2018 to 2019.
The poem reminded me of that tradition of poetry, the ancient tradition of poetry.
The poet was the community member who gave us a sense of ourselves.
Thats the beginning of poetry.
Diana Raab, PhD, is a research psychologist who writes and teaches about writing for healing and transformation,
And Amanda Gorman was very much in that tradition.
Its the voice of our hearts and souls.
Good poetryis emotional because it speaks from the heart rather than from the mind, says Dr. Raab.
Poetry can unite us and it encourages a sense of interconnectedness.
It can help establish a sense of community.
But its not justwhatGorman said, buthowshe said it that made it so magnetizing.
Dr. Morris classifies Gormans poem as a free verse poem with internal rhyme.
This one was much more focused on the internal rhyme, how the rhyme was working within a line.
Internal rhyme is what makes the lyrics from Lin-Manual Mirandas Broadway hitHamiltonso infectious, Dr. Morris says.
It creates momentum that pushes the listener forward.
The internal rhyme and the variety of it makes us aware and interested, and it keeps us going.
And people say, Well, thats a beautiful poem.'
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