Week 1 Amanda Gorman “United Way”

Hi all,

While you’re waiting to study Amanda Gorman’s “United Way” you can see the poem she performed at Joe Biden’s inauguration here.

Please share your thoughts, feelings and writing inspired by United Way below.

 

46 thoughts on “Week 1 Amanda Gorman “United Way”

  1. Bullying is mean
    It makes other people sad
    Stop it instantly
    Together we get power
    We have to be kind to each other
    Be more nicer
    It might come back to you

  2. This was very inspiring and nice, I loved it, this also made me think more about reality and all the black/american people.

    This inspired our class to do our own poems called united way but about school problems and how we can stop them.

  3. i was very inspiring we were talking about the black lives matter moment in america and once we heard it it inspired us to do one about our school problems.

  4. it made me think about african americans in the usa and about the people how grou up alone with no mum or dad because of slavery and bearly seviving and how to suvive whith out any family or frend

    our class also descust about blm (black lives mater) and about how hard it is to be a african americans in the usa

  5. its hard to learn, hard to teach,
    whilst we all have goals to reach.
    its hard to make friends, to satisfy your brain,
    all the while your in pain.
    but dont forget, were all in this together
    we dont bend, dont break
    we dont give up, we wont ache
    we are strong we are brave
    we never give up
    our strength is in numbers
    we never give up
    we fight till the end
    we never give up
    for this is the united way

  6. It’s hard to cope hard to focus
    we’ve never been more together, while we might be all alone
    for only we drama this unknown together
    somewhere, people lonely thinking what friends to make
    somewhere, people worrying who to play with
    so we get to work
    making are school brighter, higher, greater and stronger
    to be hope sighted never divided for when we live to give we always live united.

  7. united way
    its hard to hope hard to cope
    while we might be alone we will never be more fellow
    because this will always be in my life forever
    so we got to cope
    we are together we don’t break even when we bend
    somewhere,together
    somewhere,another forever
    we are the strongest
    making our friendship bigger and stronger
    fighting for hope we cant cope
    the beginning of hope
    so there here to help me cope
    to be hope ,sighted never forever
    for when we live to give , always forgive

  8. I really like the poem it’s really inspiring to watch

    In school we learnt about the Black Lives Matter Protest and I think the United Way is a good poem that repesents this protest.

  9. Its hard to hope,
    Don’t be rude , don’t be a bully
    so there be nice ,
    so get to work ,
    making new friends everyday,
    so make our school brighter ,stronger and greater

  10. this poem is very inspiring as it tells you to never give up your hope, it also tells us how
    america has faced a very had time but it tells us how to have hope for there country and theirs a place for there future.

  11. The harder to think
    The harder to focus
    The harder to work
    The quicker to talk
    Maths in the past was easy
    Literacy back then simple
    In the future,
    Comes new paths
    We are united
    Not divided

    1. That’s an interesting poem Arami-jaye. I like the way you’ve used Gorman’s structure but made the poem your own.

  12. when we write we think when we think when we play we have fun and when we focuse we lison. but know matter what we fight for our lives know matter what happens in the fucher. and evry time we join toghether we forgive thoughs who take responsibillity for the issus they have but also no bulling is iniseptible and we all needto be kindto evryone.

  13. Its hard to work wile people are around people are loud and wiled but we have fun there lots of hope we work together as a group but we are the mighty year 6 we are geting beter while the years go we spend hours and hours for are hopes well we work for are futer but it is good because we are all together.

  14. It’s hard to hope hard to cope
    With a crisis on hand
    What will we do?
    We bend and twist but we don’t fall apart
    Somewhere another, a teacher works
    Whilst, the other learns
    It’s hard to hope with covid in the way
    It’s hard to make friends if you are new today
    we stay stuck together for protection
    Don’t let your insecurity’s get to you you are perfect the way you are

  15. Embrace your race

    Sometimes it’s hard to cope with racism
    Isn’t it okay to speak up?
    We might be all alone but we’ve always been the same.
    We’ve always been so powerful, so why stop now?

    Somewhere somebody faces racism
    Somewhere it happens too often
    We must put our heads together and think alike
    Together we must stand forever
    Fighting this evil curse together crying doesn’t help, no it doesn’t!
    We must always be hope-sighed
    So lets all come together, never back down forever

  16. Women will rise

    When a woman feels down,
    Abandoned and alone,
    She will be united,
    She will stand and make a change,
    And not let a person, get in her way,
    She started as dirt in the ground,
    But she’ll rise and be proud,
    To be a girl,
    She’ll be,
    And we’ll always be,
    United.

  17. Its hard to hope hard to progress working together Together this is are united world turn the page over forever and live coming united to be untied is a great thing that we can achieve united is the way for it.

  18. its hard to hope its hard to cope but its not hard to help,
    lets all come together so it wont be like this forever,
    once again another tree is cut down and an other loses there home it is an amazing wold but we destroyed it,
    god created this but we let it slip and to call this progress.
    sorry that this was once something but now nothing i do not now what yore thinking but i hope yore helping.

  19. I am from a beautiful place

    I am from Football,
    From my siblings and beyblades,
    I am from Venom and Shu Kurenai,
    I am from a Swan that I saved,
    I am from Ethiopia,
    Shiro and Chips,
    I am from a Football Match,
    I’m from arguing,
    And Bissmillah,
    Alone,
    I am from Darkness,
    Shu Kurenai,
    And Bissmillah.

  20. I am from football,
    From teddy bear and siblings family,
    I am from smart and funny,
    I am from dragon ball my favourite show,
    I am from Ghana,
    Fried chicken and pizza,
    I am from Sleeping with my bear,
    I’m from be my friend,
    And sunflower,
    Alone,
    I am from happiness,
    Dragon,
    Never give up.

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