Margaret Moore
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Heartbeats of a Nation
And suddenly,
Poetry
Matters.
In a world
That neglects
To appreciate it,
That belittles it, asks
“Why bother
With it?”
Suddenly,
They realize
That poetry
Matters.
Suddenly,
Millions
Across the nation
Are in awe,
Drawn in,
In total
Captivation
As one young woman
Recites
Eloquent
Verses.
Yes,
Suddenly,
Poetry
Matters.
Suddenly,
Poetry matters.
What
Is it
That has made
Poetry
Rise
To the top?
Why
Are they
Who once
Rebuked
The genre
And its craft
Now
Mesmerized,
Suddenly buzzing
Now
Nonstop?
Perhaps
Amanda Gorman’s
Lines
Resonate
With them,
Her words
So bold,
So brave,
So fitting to a tee,
Reminding us
Of the unbreakable
Strength
And hope
That uphold
The U. S. of A.
All the while,
She exudes
No
Hesitation
In illustrating what the nation
Has come to be—
A people
So
Conflicted,
A republic
With
So many
Tribulations
Currently inflicted.
Now her words
Resound
Fiercely
For us all,
Calling
For change
Up
The
Hill
We
Climb,
Honing in
On our pre-existing
Hope
And strength
And moving
Toward new
Forms of
Democracy,
Liberty,
Unity.
Her rhythms
And her rhymes
Emerge
Like a metronome’s
Steady pulse,
Matching heartbeats
Of the audience members
As those far and near
Suddenly hear
Their own thoughts
In her words
Of how rebuilding
Needs
To happen
And how we
Cannot
Do it
Divided
Or
Alone.
Suddenly,
Mirroring
The heart,
Poetry
Becomes
An anthem,
The sole
Suitable
Container
To respond
To the way
That pillars
Of a nation
Are knocked to the ground
With several
Great
Clatters,
Then are reconstructed
Epically,
Determinedly,
Unfailingly
Even if
It takes
Time.
Yes,
Suddenly,
Poetry
Matters,
Becoming
A beautiful
Blueprint
For a prime
Place for change,
Strength,
And hope
To culminate.
Bio: Margaret Moore
Margaret Moore is a 2020 Magna Cum Laude graduate of Fairfield University and an MFA candidate in Fairfield’s Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing Program.
Her poem, “Heartbeats of a Nation” celebrates the power of inaugural poet Amanda Gorman’s poem “The Hill We Climb” and the way that it has inspired people to finally consider poetry to be a critical part of life and an anthem for the United States.
Her work appears in Kairos: A Journal of Rhetoric, Technology, and Pedagogy, Brevity’s Nonfiction Blog, Positive Writer, and Independent Catholic News among other publications.
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