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

“It’s surreal that my poems are in places that I thought I physically didn’t belong to,” said Salgado.

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

His spoken recitations make such detailed vintage poems as “The Round Corral” and “Cattle” effortless to follow.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026

In time, I will tell her about the poems hidden inside the seams of my dress, but now I just nod and smile.

From "Across So Many Seas" by Ruth Behar