poetesses

plural of poetess

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poets
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  • These were translations of 19th-century poems by international poets from the 1940s.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 26 June 2026
  • Where reality meets urgency What struck me most while editing this anthology was not the poets’ honesty or vulnerability, though both of those qualities were present.
    Sean Murphy, The Conversation, 25 June 2026
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