polacy in English:

Let us consider the gravity of this day, for today inside the hospitable walls of Boulogne-sur-Mer, the French are not meeting the English, nor are Russians meeting Poles, but people are meeting people.

They made huge, grotesque, yet beautiful poles of red cedar.

Totem poles consist of a group of figures that represent animals, birds, fish, mythological beings and supernatural beasts.

These poles, called totem poles, are thought to have been worshipped or constructed for frightening enemies.

On this point it is poles apart from when I set myself on learning English 20 years ago.