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| Poems by First Ladies: The First-Ever Anthology |
| Edited by Michael Croland |
| Dover Publications, 2026 |
| 978-0-486-853673 |
| 0-486-85367-5 |
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This webpage contains bonus materials for poems by three First Ladies, as well as a found poem addressed in Appendix B and two poems by a president discussed in Appendix F.
An untitled poem by Louisa Adams appears below. Links are provided for six poems by Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis. A video shows Michelle Obama’s recitation of her poem from Poems by First Ladies. Links are provided for a found poem based on Hillary Clinton’s emails plus two poems by Jimmy Carter about Rosalynn Carter. |
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Louisa Adams |
O too bright! too bright! I dare not gaze,
Upon thy sacred living light!
My soul in gladness sings thy praise
Tho’ buried in the clouds of night!
When upward soaring thought will roam
To scale the mysteries above;
While longing for a purer home
In the bright heaven of thy love—
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Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis |
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Michelle Obama |
- Click here to watch Michelle Obama recite “Roses are red.”
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Hillary Clinton |
- Click here to read “A Poem Composed Entirely from Emails Sent by Hillary Clinton.”
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Jimmy Carter |
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