poem

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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

A refined 1840 Hokusai portrait of a young samurai, painted for a male patron, bears a poem praising the boy’s loveliness with a metaphor about dew-soaked branches.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 7, 2026

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

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 6, 2026

Jeremy recognized the poem; it was the one he had recited on the night he hatched the egg.

From "Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher" by Bruce Coville