as in poetry
writing that uses rhythm, vivid language, and often rhyme to provoke an emotional response
in olden days young gentlemen were expected to be proficient in the art of poesy
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Recent Examples of poesy
Kosann and Mirojnick designed three core styles for the collection: a poesy ring, a charm and a locket.
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Ej Panaligan, Variety, 15 Nov. 2022
What makes the collection particularly unique is Kosann’s approach to reinventing classics—like the lockets, charms, and poesy rings that she’s reinterpreted in the past—but also Evert’s unique experience of being so connected to the tennis bracelet.
—Kristen Bateman, Vogue, 17 Aug. 2022
The collection evolved from there into Monica’s distinctive twist on some of her favorite antique and vintage pieces—charms, poesy rings and celestial motifs.
—Beth Bernstein, Forbes, 8 Mar. 2022
Around my neck is my poesy ring 'adventure' necklace, with a locket holding my secret messages.
—Will Kahn, Town & Country, 8 Mar. 2019
Expect to use up multiple pens on this novel in verse, an elegiac meditation on poesy and religion.
—Katie Ward Beim-Esche, The Christian Science Monitor, 23 Mar. 2018
Andrew Lloyd Webber’s adaptation of T. S. Eliot’s feline poesy ends its Broadway revival.
—Alexis Soloski, New York Times, 21 Dec. 2017
Ej Panaligan, Variety, 15 Nov. 2022
What makes the collection particularly unique is Kosann’s approach to reinventing classics—like the lockets, charms, and poesy rings that she’s reinterpreted in the past—but also Evert’s unique experience of being so connected to the tennis bracelet.
—Kristen Bateman, Vogue, 17 Aug. 2022
The collection evolved from there into Monica’s distinctive twist on some of her favorite antique and vintage pieces—charms, poesy rings and celestial motifs.
—Beth Bernstein, Forbes, 8 Mar. 2022
Around my neck is my poesy ring 'adventure' necklace, with a locket holding my secret messages.
—Will Kahn, Town & Country, 8 Mar. 2019
Expect to use up multiple pens on this novel in verse, an elegiac meditation on poesy and religion.
—Katie Ward Beim-Esche, The Christian Science Monitor, 23 Mar. 2018
Andrew Lloyd Webber’s adaptation of T. S. Eliot’s feline poesy ends its Broadway revival.
—Alexis Soloski, New York Times, 21 Dec. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for poesy
poetry
Noun
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The Pittsburgh Pirates’ right fielder was poetry on the diamond, a five-tool player who helped his team to two World Series championships but amazingly was a bit underrated at the time.—
Jim Alexander,
Oc Register,
13 Sep. 2025
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This deepening also has an index in the formal features of his poetry—the ambiguity of his pronouns, the firm particularity of his register of images—which teeters between the mundane and the epiphanic, and renders this imbalance itself into view.—
Elaine L. Wang
September 11,
Literary Hub,
11 Sep. 2025
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“Poesy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/poesy. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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