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• n  a composition written in metrical feet forming rhythmical lines

• These and some 400 more poems about slavery are among the lost writings restored to view by my recent book, "Amazing Grace: An Anthology of Poems about Slavery 1660-1810" (Yale .
• Most of the poems I wrote at the beginning of my 7th-grade year were about my crushes, but as the school year ended I started to write about how I thought of this world.
• We're not going to do a joint poem together.

• verse form

News & Articles

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• Found Poem Favorite | ‘Since the Dawn of Recorded Time, Plainly Speaking’
  Since the dawn of recorded time, plainly speakingby Alyssa, 15, from Culver City, Calif., is the eleventh of 12 winning poems in our fourth annual Found Poem Student Contest.
  June 11, 2013 - New York Times
• The Learning Network Blog: Found Poem Favorite | ‘Since the Dawn of Recorded Time, Plainly Speaking’
  “Since the dawn of recorded time, plainly speaking” by Alyssa, 15, from Culver City, Calif., is the eleventh of 12 winning poems in our fourth annual Found Poem Student Contest.        
  June 11, 2013 - New York Times
• Found Poem Favorite | ‘I Cannot Tell’
  I Cannot Tellby Cristobal, 14, from Naples, Fla., is the 10th of 12 winning poems in our fourth annual Found Poem Student Contest.
  June 10, 2013 - New York Times

Quotes

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• Harry Reid in San Diego Union Tribune
  He could drive from Washington to West Virginia and back again, reciting classic poetry the entire time, and not repeat the same poem twice,Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., said Monday.
• Joel Plaskett in Winnipeg Free Press
  Half an hour before I got here, I thought I might write a poem if it got into winning multiple awards, I might try to do something different,a laughing Plaskett told reporters shortly after winning entertainer of the year. "So, I wrote it...
• Guy Verhofstadt in International Herald Tribune
  In each and every text and poem, he was an emotional beacon in our dark world. But I can live with the fact that he decided thus. Because he left us as a great glowing star, right on time. Just before he would have collapsed into a black hole,...