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Super Bowl 55: Inaugural poet Amanda Gorman to recite original poem before game in Tampa

TAMPA — Amanda Gorman, the poet who read her work at President Biden’s inauguration, will recite another original poem before Super Bowl LV in Tampa, the NFL announced on Wednesday.

The subject matter of Gorman’s poem Feb. 7 at Raymond James Stadium will be three Super Bowl honorary captains: Trimaine Davis, Suzie Dorner and James Martin.

Davis is a Los Angeles educator, Dorner the COVID ICU nurse manager at Tampa General Hospital, and Martin a Marine veteran from Pittsburgh.

“The recitation of the poem will air nationally on CBS and be featured in-stadium,” the NFL said in a statement.