as in minstrel
a person who writes poetry
Emily Dickinson is famous as the poet who rarely left the house but often journeyed to the depths of the human heart
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Follow up Before Night Falls (2000), starring Javier Bardem as Cuban poet and novelist, Reinaldo Arenas, won the Venice Grand Jury Prize.
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Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 30 July 2025
Calling Paris romantic is an understatement—the city has inspired poets and artists, who still pilgrimage here today in search of inspiration that can be found in nearly every turn, in every arrondissement.
—Lane Nieset, Travel + Leisure, 26 July 2025
And the obscure poets and thinkers went flying back into oblivion.
—Peter Wortsman
july 14, Literary Hub, 14 July 2025
According to Greek and Roman legend, Lyra is a harp, or Lyre, given by the god Apollo to the famous poet and musician Orpheus.
—Mike Lynch, Twin Cities, 13 July 2025
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Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 30 July 2025
Calling Paris romantic is an understatement—the city has inspired poets and artists, who still pilgrimage here today in search of inspiration that can be found in nearly every turn, in every arrondissement.
—Lane Nieset, Travel + Leisure, 26 July 2025
And the obscure poets and thinkers went flying back into oblivion.
—Peter Wortsman
july 14, Literary Hub, 14 July 2025
According to Greek and Roman legend, Lyra is a harp, or Lyre, given by the god Apollo to the famous poet and musician Orpheus.
—Mike Lynch, Twin Cities, 13 July 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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Instead, this uncompromising troubadour has consistently followed his muse to create a potent body of work.—
George Varga,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
6 Aug. 2025
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For him, no one captures this look quite like the ultimate boho muse, Sienna Miller.—
Hannah Coates,
Vogue,
2 Aug. 2025
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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.—
Karu F. Daniels,
New York Daily News,
7 Aug. 2025
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But Mothers, the latest novel from a reigning bard of women in crisis, Brenda Lozano, looks to be more thrilling than silly.—
Literary Hub
July 1,
Literary Hub,
1 July 2025
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“Poet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/poet. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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