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Was the Poem 'Slow Dance' Written by a Terminally Ill Girl?

Written by:
David Mikkelson
March 27, 2005 This bit of doggerel was penned by an adult male child psychologist, not a terminally ill girl
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A rumor said that a Florida school banned Amanda Gorman's book with her poem, The Hill We Climb, and said that Governor Ron DeSantis had something to do with it.

Did a Florida School Ban Amanda Gorman's Poem, 'The Hill We Climb'?

Written by:
Jordan Liles
May 24, 2023 According to reports, the school restricted some students' access to four books, including Gorma ...
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Dr. Maya Angelou, who passed away in May 2014, became one of those figures (à la Mark Twain or Abraham Lincoln) who ended up with more of other people’s words attributed to her than words of her own.

Did Maya Angelou Write a Poem Titled, 'I Am a Christian'?

Written by:
David Mikkelson
May 29, 2014 The poem has been anthologized in several books, including "Chicken Soup for the Christian Famil ...
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Did a Trump Official Move to Change the Poem on the Statue of Liberty?

Written by:
Bethania Palma
Aug. 14, 2019 The sonnet on the Statue of Liberty welcomes the "huddled masses."
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Did a Meth-Addicted Teen Write This Poem?

Written by:
Snopes Staff
Jan. 29, 2006 "I am Meth" takes the form of an ode penned by or about an adolescent who paid the ultimate pric ...
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Is This Really Donald Trump's Inauguration Poem?

Written by:
Dan Evon
Jan. 17, 2017 A poem inspired by Donald Trump's inauguration was widely shared as if it were the official poem ...
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A Different Christmas Poem

Written by:
David Mikkelson
Dec. 15, 2009 A serviceman's poem describes a soldier's night before Christmas.
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Flag, Symbol, Person

Did Pelosi Read a Poem by Bono About Ukraine?

Written by:
Dan Evon
March 17, 2022 The U2 singer wrote: "Ireland's sorrow and pain is now the Ukraine and Saint Patrick's name now ...
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Dying Teen Poem

Written by:
David Mikkelson
Dec. 19, 2008 Jenny's dead. It was a mercy killing.
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Was This Pandemic Poem Written by Kathleen O'Mara in 1919?

Written by:
Dan Evon
April 6, 2020 A global pandemic did indeed inspire this poem. But that's as far as it goes.
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Hear Jada Pinkett Smith Read Previously Unpublished Poem by Tupac Shakur

Written by:
Nur Ibrahim
June 19, 2021 The rapper would have turned 50 years old on June 16, 2021.
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Audience, Person, Crowd

Did Ex-Judge Roy Moore Write Anti-Abortion Poem 'America the Beautiful'?

Written by:
Dan MacGuill
Aug. 2, 2021 "You think that God’s not angry, that our land’s a moral slum?" the poem asks. But who actually ...
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Did Charlie Chaplin Write the Poem, 'As I Began to Love Myself'?

Written by:
Dan Evon
Aug. 20, 2019 Sometimes the author of a poem gets lost in translation.
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Did Uvalde Shooting Victim's Mom Write Viral ‘Chicken Soup’ Poem?

Written by:
Madison Dapcevich
June 8, 2022 The poem describing the school shooting began: “The chicken soup in her thermos stayed hot all d ...
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ChatGPT would not write a poem admiring Donald Trump but successfully did draft one for Joe Biden.

ChatGPT Declines Request for Poem Admiring Trump, But Biden Query Is Successful

Written by:
Jordan Liles
Feb. 1, 2023 The artificial intelligence tool sources material from "a vast database of digital books, online ...
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Did Kurt Russell Share A Poem Opposing the Defunding of Police?

Written by:
Madison Dapcevich
Aug. 10, 2020 A poem titled "The Badge" circulated on social media in June 2020 following nationwide protests ...
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Rhyming Minnesota Poet Laureate Bill

Written by:
David Mikkelson
Aug. 31, 2007 Minnesota bill proposing creation of poet laureate position is written in rhyming verse.
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Tripod, Person, Human

Did This Pamphlet Really Oppose Voting Rights for Men?

Written by:
Bethania Palma
June 28, 2022 Surely, some things are meant to be tongue-in-cheek?
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Did Nostradamus Predict the World Will Fall After a 'Feeble Man' Rules?

Written by:
Madison Dapcevich
Jan. 19, 2021 Nostradamus has been credited with accurately predicting dozens of historical events.
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Desiderata Authorship

Written by:
David Mikkelson
Dec. 14, 2008 Was the poem 'Desiderata' really discovered in a Baltimore church in 1692?
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