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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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Recent Examples of poets
Novelists—those modern counterparts to the epic poets—have something to teach all those constituencies.
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Elizabeth D. Samet, Foreign Affairs, 29 Oct. 2025
That is an appropriate move for showcasing an artist who is heavily influenced by poets herself and who writes and performs her own verse.
—Ray Mark Rinaldi, Denver Post, 27 Oct. 2025
Over the years, the festival has expanded to include artists, musicians, storytellers, poets, and more, all focused on a theme relevant to the social, religious, and political needs of the Louisville community and beyond.
—Maggie Menderski, Louisville Courier Journal, 26 Oct. 2025
Around that time, the rapper Lloyd Banks was looking for poets on Instagram to perform an original poem for a trailer for his new album.
—Megan Sauer, CNBC, 24 Oct. 2025
Some cultural differences slipped through their eyes, and New York gangs sometimes spoke like poets.
—Literary Hub, 22 Oct. 2025
Welcomes poets Sarah Green, Ryan Vine, Marg Walker and Joyce Sutphen.
—Mary Ann Grossmann, Twin Cities, 19 Oct. 2025
Universities are where cultural ideas are born and then sharpened through debate, and where engineers, nurses, poets, and artists learn their crafts.
—Nicholas Dirks, Time, 16 Oct. 2025
New and experienced poets can gather to read and share their poems.
—La Jolla Light, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Oct. 2025
Elizabeth D. Samet, Foreign Affairs, 29 Oct. 2025
That is an appropriate move for showcasing an artist who is heavily influenced by poets herself and who writes and performs her own verse.
—Ray Mark Rinaldi, Denver Post, 27 Oct. 2025
Over the years, the festival has expanded to include artists, musicians, storytellers, poets, and more, all focused on a theme relevant to the social, religious, and political needs of the Louisville community and beyond.
—Maggie Menderski, Louisville Courier Journal, 26 Oct. 2025
Around that time, the rapper Lloyd Banks was looking for poets on Instagram to perform an original poem for a trailer for his new album.
—Megan Sauer, CNBC, 24 Oct. 2025
Some cultural differences slipped through their eyes, and New York gangs sometimes spoke like poets.
—Literary Hub, 22 Oct. 2025
Welcomes poets Sarah Green, Ryan Vine, Marg Walker and Joyce Sutphen.
—Mary Ann Grossmann, Twin Cities, 19 Oct. 2025
Universities are where cultural ideas are born and then sharpened through debate, and where engineers, nurses, poets, and artists learn their crafts.
—Nicholas Dirks, Time, 16 Oct. 2025
New and experienced poets can gather to read and share their poems.
—La Jolla Light, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for poets
muses
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In a hotel room, a melancholy sabra in his forties muses over the paradoxes of the historical destiny of the Jews.—
Susan Sontag,
Vogue,
26 Oct. 2025
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Beaton used his patient, pliable and easygoing sisters, Nancy and Barbara as his early muses.—
Hikmat Mohammed,
Footwear News,
20 Oct. 2025
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“Poets.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/poets. Accessed 9 Nov. 2025.
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