poem

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The narrator of “10:04” dreams of a book that, “like a poem, is neither fiction nor nonfiction, but a flickering between them.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 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

His poem, “Strides,” sums up his frustration best.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 6, 2026

I find myself reciting that Emily Dickinson poem inside my head.

From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison