poem

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But the shape of time is different for a musician, he said, and he once wrote a poem that captured the essence of his wife’s ageless grace.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 21, 2026

He endured the same ritual last year, and came to Washington with a clear understanding of the task: Whatever you say, say nothing, as Seamus Heaney put it in a famous 1975 poem.

From Salon • Mar. 18, 2026

Another beneficiary, 19-year-old Mariama Gallow, from Manchester, read her own poem to the King.

From BBC • Mar. 16, 2026

It was soon recognized as the greatest poem of the Victorian era.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026

C.J. shares one that doesn’t even sound like a poem, really, although it’s so powerful it makes me tear up.

From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison