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your description of the sun setting over the Grand Canyon was a particularly poetic piece of writing
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Lyric poems produce representations of poetic speakers and their ‘worlds’ hand-in-hand.
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Matthew Carey Salyer, Forbes.com, 17 July 2025
Similarly to her contemporaries, Simpson, who directed, wrote and edited No Sleep Till, tells a nonlinear story with poetic undertones.
—Lovia Gyarkye, HollywoodReporter, 16 July 2025
There is a sheen of poetic perfection to the film; Jesse and Céline are idealized lovers who look like grunge-era fashion models and speak with an unguarded openness.
—Judy Berman, Time, 10 July 2025
Be here now, said her poetic boy, her favorite, high that time on heroin.
—Literary Hub, 9 July 2025
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Matthew Carey Salyer, Forbes.com, 17 July 2025
Similarly to her contemporaries, Simpson, who directed, wrote and edited No Sleep Till, tells a nonlinear story with poetic undertones.
—Lovia Gyarkye, HollywoodReporter, 16 July 2025
There is a sheen of poetic perfection to the film; Jesse and Céline are idealized lovers who look like grunge-era fashion models and speak with an unguarded openness.
—Judy Berman, Time, 10 July 2025
Be here now, said her poetic boy, her favorite, high that time on heroin.
—Literary Hub, 9 July 2025
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“Poetic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/poetic. Accessed 25 Jul. 2025.
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poetic
adjective
po·et·ic
pō-ˈet-ik 
1
: of, relating to, or characteristic of poets or poetry
poetic words
2
: written in verse
poetical
adjective
-i-kəl
poetically
adverb
-k(ə-)lē
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