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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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Wales Bonner’s Spring 2026 menswear show felt like a slow walk on familiar ground, calm, poetic, and deeply personal.
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Karissa Mitchell, Essence, 25 June 2025
Seen together, the works move between poetic and unsettling, offering a striking reflection on our entanglement with the natural world.
—Nel-Olivia Waga, Forbes.com, 20 June 2025
As poetic as that response was, the real answer is Cheirosa 62.
—Anja Webb, Parents, 11 June 2025
There is a broader lesson in this poetic parable: Beauty, the verse suggests, can be more powerful than argument.
—Book Marks
june 5, Literary Hub, 5 June 2025
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Karissa Mitchell, Essence, 25 June 2025
Seen together, the works move between poetic and unsettling, offering a striking reflection on our entanglement with the natural world.
—Nel-Olivia Waga, Forbes.com, 20 June 2025
As poetic as that response was, the real answer is Cheirosa 62.
—Anja Webb, Parents, 11 June 2025
There is a broader lesson in this poetic parable: Beauty, the verse suggests, can be more powerful than argument.
—Book Marks
june 5, Literary Hub, 5 June 2025
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“Poetic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/poetic. Accessed 5 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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