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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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Another way to cut through the noise is to use quantifiable, hard results rather than simply waxing poetic and generic.
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William Jones, IndyStar, 12 Dec. 2025
The Nine Circles of Hell come from Dante’s Inferno, a canonical poetic text.
—Fiction Non Fiction, Literary Hub, 11 Dec. 2025
Her unique filmmaking vision has now created this singular and stunning, poetic and profound film.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 10 Dec. 2025
There's something so poetic about celebrating this milestone here — in a city that feels like pure inspiration.
—Sabienna Bowman, PEOPLE, 9 Dec. 2025
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William Jones, IndyStar, 12 Dec. 2025
The Nine Circles of Hell come from Dante’s Inferno, a canonical poetic text.
—Fiction Non Fiction, Literary Hub, 11 Dec. 2025
Her unique filmmaking vision has now created this singular and stunning, poetic and profound film.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 10 Dec. 2025
There's something so poetic about celebrating this milestone here — in a city that feels like pure inspiration.
—Sabienna Bowman, PEOPLE, 9 Dec. 2025
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“Poetic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/poetic. Accessed 18 Dec. 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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