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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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Here, the poetic and essential quality of her prose is at its purest, and at its most piercing, as Romano captures the essence of her life with her husband of five decades, Innocenzo Monti.
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Brian Robert Moore
september 5, Literary Hub, 5 Sep. 2025
The web of secrets and confessions, schemes and counterplots, short-term pleasures and far-reaching decisions, are couched in dialogue that is pugnacious, vulnerable, comedic, and sometimes richly poetic, and which feels as spontaneous as it is carefully crafted.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 4 Sep. 2025
For a good while, though, Schnabel streamlines it into an entertainingly low-down saga of the place where violent crime meets poetic passion.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 3 Sep. 2025
Having worn the number 23 for 15 of his 21 seasons in the NBA, James has reached a poetic milestone with the announcement of the Nike LeBron 23.
—Ian Servantes, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2025
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Brian Robert Moore
september 5, Literary Hub, 5 Sep. 2025
The web of secrets and confessions, schemes and counterplots, short-term pleasures and far-reaching decisions, are couched in dialogue that is pugnacious, vulnerable, comedic, and sometimes richly poetic, and which feels as spontaneous as it is carefully crafted.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 4 Sep. 2025
For a good while, though, Schnabel streamlines it into an entertainingly low-down saga of the place where violent crime meets poetic passion.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 3 Sep. 2025
Having worn the number 23 for 15 of his 21 seasons in the NBA, James has reached a poetic milestone with the announcement of the Nike LeBron 23.
—Ian Servantes, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2025
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“Poetic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/poetic. Accessed 8 Sep. 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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