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Presents a list of books about poetry. "Pulse," by Rajinderpal S. Pal; "A Child in Exile," by Carolina Hospital; "Desire Lines: New and Selected Poems," by Lola Haskins.

I was patient in the red house, pulled back the curtains each morning to watch the birds steal sunflower seeds from damp flower pots. Lily Zhou GLORIA GOOD / ALAMY Milk carton poem It's true: there's nothing sweet about the rain. GLORIA GOOD / ALAMY Milk carton poem It's true: there's nothing sweet about the rain. [Extracted from the article]

The article discusses how poet Elizabeth Alexander composed the poem "Praise Song for the Day" for U.S. President Barack Obama. After being assigned to write a poem for him, Alexander relates that she would keep track of things and scraps of paper and had 350 pages of drafts before the final one. The poem is about people from all levels of the society and the struggle Obama went through before his victory. It will be published in "Crave Radiance: New and Selected Poems, 1990-2010."

The article presents a step-by-step instruction for making a ring using a ribbon of paper, comic strip on how to keep the day occupied, and a poem by Eleanor Ninestein.