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bards

noun

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plural of bard

as in poets

a person who writes poetry a bard best known for a series of love poems to his raven-haired beloved

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Recent Examples of bards Sentences that fizzle and scorch will also appeal to fans of Jade Sharma and Mary Robison, other bards of women on the absolute verge. —

Emily Temple, Literary Hub, 26 May 2026 But this award, which was inaugurated in 2023 with a Jesso win, circles the same handful of writers, and country scribes like Jessie Jo Dillon, pop bards like Amy Allen, and reggaeton men-at-arms like Edgar Barrera are just as up next. —

Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 30 Jan. 2026 Yet Seamus Heaney and Ted Hughes, among others, insisted that Brown, whose archaic-modern style telescopes entire epochs into a few flinty lines, belongs among the major twentieth-century bards. —

Alex Ross, New Yorker, 24 Nov. 2025

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This multimedia intergenerational event centers live musical and poetic performance presented by a team of Philadelphia-area musicians and poets, consisting of new music inspired by American Folk, Blues, and Afro-Caribbean music.

— Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026
His sentiment inspires the two poets, both in their 70s—until, moments later, tragedy renders language powerless.

— The Atlantic, The Atlantic, 19 May 2026