as in poet
a person who writes lyrics and especially the words of a song
The widely acclaimed lyricist has penned many of pop music's most famous songs.
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The student contributors, from Harvard, Berklee, and Howard, include lyricists Anthony Bell, Ollie Marinaccio, Rhiannon Rae Ellis, and Dee-1; Sydney DeLeonardis and Ciaran de Chaud; and producer Nigel Sanjai Sanders.
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Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 20 June 2025
The song is a collaboration with a collective of students, including Harvard University lyricists Anthony Bell, Ollie Marinaccio, Rhiannon Rae Ellis, and rapper Dee-1.
—Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 20 June 2025
Ghazi Omair Bushnell Park, 1 Jewell St., Hartford The Hopgood/Lord Summer Music Series, held on Thursdays in June and August in Bushnell Park, presents local hip-hop lyricist/poet Ghazi Omair on June 12 at 6 p.m. Rain date is June 13.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 7 June 2025
Their first interview took place in 1975, and in a vintage clip from it that's shown in the episode, Frost asks John a pointed question about his body of work, which was largely composed by John and his longtime lyricist Bernie Taupin.
—Jeremy Helligar, People.com, 24 May 2025
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Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 20 June 2025
The song is a collaboration with a collective of students, including Harvard University lyricists Anthony Bell, Ollie Marinaccio, Rhiannon Rae Ellis, and rapper Dee-1.
—Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 20 June 2025
Ghazi Omair Bushnell Park, 1 Jewell St., Hartford The Hopgood/Lord Summer Music Series, held on Thursdays in June and August in Bushnell Park, presents local hip-hop lyricist/poet Ghazi Omair on June 12 at 6 p.m. Rain date is June 13.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 7 June 2025
Their first interview took place in 1975, and in a vintage clip from it that's shown in the episode, Frost asks John a pointed question about his body of work, which was largely composed by John and his longtime lyricist Bernie Taupin.
—Jeremy Helligar, People.com, 24 May 2025
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Noun
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His spouse is perilously close to beginning an affair with the best man at their wedding, now one of his authors, a war poet disillusioned by violence and fanaticism.—
Thomas Mallon,
New Yorker,
30 June 2025
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Police in Nevada County, California, searched for days to locate Welch; so did a a team of locals, campers and poets rallied by Gary Snyder, the Pulitzer Prize-winning writer and environmentalist.—
Brendan Fitzgerald,
Longreads,
26 June 2025
Noun
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The mark that Jewish composers and lyricists left on Broadway and on the Great American Songbook is indelible, from the Gershwins to Stephen Sondheim to Leonard Bernstein.—
David L. Coddon,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
27 June 2025
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Inspired by the movie work of such composers as Henry Mancini and Johnny Mandel, Schifrin employed his MGM connections and headed to California in 1963.—
Mike Barnes,
HollywoodReporter,
26 June 2025
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Eustis and Willingham were joined by Stephen Chu, the renovation’s lead architect, and the songwriter and performer Shaina Taub, who adapted two Shakespeare comedies for the Delacorte.—
Michael Schulman,
New Yorker,
30 June 2025
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At just 16, the precocious songwriter penned a bevy of tracks that would eventually blossom into Billboard Hot 100 heaters — laying the foundation for a career filled with musical triumphs.—
Carl Lamarre,
Billboard,
30 June 2025
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