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poem

[poh-uhm] / ˈpoʊ əm /


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Arriaga’s poem is a long series of names, phrases, lines from politicians and writers that encapsulate America.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

His mother said he initially wondered whether to answer the question in the first person, given he had inspired the poem, but eventually decided the examiner might not believe him.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

"And the poem just came out. It literally wrote itself," she said.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

“No one / bears witness for the / witness,” he writes in the 1967 poem “Ashglory.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

I was an almost in third grade too, when my poem wasn’t picked for the wall for Parents’ Night.

From Absolutely Almost by Lisa Graff




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