as in poet
a person who writes poetry
a bard best known for a series of love poems to his raven-haired beloved
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Featuring a costume from each of the bard’s 38 plays, produced over the past six decades, the storied Shiva Theater is all decked out with drag worn by the greatest of the greats.
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Karu F. Daniels, New York Daily News, 7 Aug. 2025
Bailey plays half-elf ranger Vex, O’Brien is her twin brother Vax, Willingham is the lovable barbarian Grog, Johnson is the holy gnome cleric Pike, Jaffe is the royal gunslinger Percy, Ray is magical half-elf druid Keyleth and Riegel is the raunchy gnome bard Scanlan.
—Jordan Moreau, Variety, 24 July 2025
Angela’s more severe and lasting punishment was that she was barred from future engagements with the great Irish bard.
—Han Ong, New Yorker, 22 June 2025
Along with Larry Kramer, Armistead Maupin and others, White was among a generation of gay writers who in the 1970s became bards for a community no longer afraid to declare its existence.
—Hillel Italie, Los Angeles Times, 4 June 2025
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Karu F. Daniels, New York Daily News, 7 Aug. 2025
Bailey plays half-elf ranger Vex, O’Brien is her twin brother Vax, Willingham is the lovable barbarian Grog, Johnson is the holy gnome cleric Pike, Jaffe is the royal gunslinger Percy, Ray is magical half-elf druid Keyleth and Riegel is the raunchy gnome bard Scanlan.
—Jordan Moreau, Variety, 24 July 2025
Angela’s more severe and lasting punishment was that she was barred from future engagements with the great Irish bard.
—Han Ong, New Yorker, 22 June 2025
Along with Larry Kramer, Armistead Maupin and others, White was among a generation of gay writers who in the 1970s became bards for a community no longer afraid to declare its existence.
—Hillel Italie, Los Angeles Times, 4 June 2025
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Roundup Ten Poems by Audre Lorde The esteemed poet is author of Sister Outsider, one title on the Schomburg Black Liberation Reading List.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
3 Oct. 2025
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Zweig is a filmmaker, journalist, and poet based in Mexico City.—
Zac Ntim,
Deadline,
3 Oct. 2025
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Like many such venues across America, the Kempner also hosted lectures, minstrel shows, musicals, operas, plays and vaudeville acts, along with community events such as school graduations.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
9 Aug. 2025
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His grandfather Daniel was a miner who would perish in an underground accident, and his great uncle George owned a minstrel show that toured Western mining camps.—
Mike Barnes,
HollywoodReporter,
31 July 2025
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“Bard.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bard. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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