poems

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He took his oath with his hand on a book of poems by the city’s namesake, Quaker poet John Greenleaf Whittier, that belonged to the council’s sole remaining white person, Republican Cathy Warner.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026

Some employees responded by using AI to write poems for Schulman—and they weren’t bad, he said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 19, 2026

Yesika Salgado curates a series of poems around what it means to belong to yourself, to have sovereignty.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026

The poems have been published in a collection called Poems from an Attic, which also includes a poem about her husband, historian Michael Foot.

From BBC • Apr. 11, 2026

I waited all through the morning subjects, hoping Miss Watson might read us another of her favorite poems.

From "Root Magic" by Eden Royce