Bara klyschor?

Veckopoeten hörde i TV den 22-åriga poeten Amanda Gormans uppläsning av sin nytillkomna dikt vid presidentinstallationen i Washington i onsdags. Han delar inte de ljumma eller rent negativa kommentarerna på kultursidorna i Expressen (”klyschor”), Svenska Dagbladet och Dagens Nyheter. Alltför ”idealistiskt”, sägs det.

Döm själv, skriver Veckopoeten, och ger sitt utrymme åt några rader ur Amanda Gormans dikt.

We’ve seen a force that would shatter our nation rather than share it,
Would destroy our country if it meant delaying democracy.
And this effort very nearly succeeded.
But while democracy can be periodically delayed,
It can never be permanently defeated.
In this truth, in this faith we trust.
For while we have our eyes on the future,
History has its eyes on us.
This is the era of just redemption