bardic

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Adjective
  • As One of Us gleefully samples multiple registers—comic, tragic, satiric, elegiac, poetic—its mesh of archaic and contemporary styles becomes something quite arresting, a joy to read … Chaon’s beautiful novel insists on answers.
    Book Marks September 26, Literary Hub, 26 Sep. 2025
  • For the moment the design studio has been tasked with amplifying the poetic codes of the brand, relying on its staples such as trompe-l’œil and the hands motifs that have defined Ponti’s signature shirt collars and accessories over the years.
    Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 24 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Svelte yet heavy, Clipse’s latest sees all their phonetic and poetical gifts rendered to subtly maximal effect, with their lithe vocals cresting Pharrell’s glossy surfaces like snowfall.
    Peter A. Berry, Variety, 11 July 2025
  • Through the map, like the ship, Pace argues, time, space, and place are linked to cultural, personal, poetical, and political memory.
    Abby Clayton, JSTOR Daily, 29 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • With lyrical mastery and intimate storytelling, Limón’s poetry reveals new ways of paying attention.
    Julia Hass, Literary Hub, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Herzog brings his signature style to his latest work as the quest to find photo evidence of the creatures evolves into a philosophical and lyrical reflection on the search for knowledge and certainty.
    Matthew Carey, Deadline, 28 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Her nonfiction includes Pain Studies (Bellevue Literary Press/Dreamscape/Hanser), a book-length lyric essay on the intersection of pain, perception, and language; and Climate (Essay Press), an exchange of epistolary essays co-written with poet Julie Carr.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 Sep. 2025
  • Loose lyric sheets littered the floor.
    Jane Bua, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
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“Bardic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bardic. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.

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