Where Can We Find The Light?

Mark Parker
2 min readFeb 5, 2021

Amanda Gorman becomes just the sixth poet, and by far the youngest, to recite their poem at a Presidential inauguration at 22 years old.

By Mark Parker

The self-described skinny black girl who descended from slaves and was raised by a single mother, who dreamed of being President, was now not only reciting her poetry for one but also for an entire nation.

Joe Biden became just the fourth President — all Democrat, coincidentally, to have an inaugural poem read. At a time when many would agree that our country could use some…

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Mark Parker

Reader, writer, thinker, Jokey McJokemaker, and haver of good times. Passionate about news, politics, sports, and social events, especially in St. Petersburg.