unpoetic

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Recent Examples of unpoetic This was an obtuse and unpoetic diktat, a showy way to miss the fact that a song’s history—its use over time, by real people, inspired by the exigencies of ritual and action—can inform its meaning more than its mere lyrics ever could. Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 15 July 2022 Atlanta and its suburbs are a surprisingly Whitmanesque experiment in pluralism, in which unpoetic concrete strip malls substitute for lyrical spears of summer grass. Sanjena Sathian, Los Angeles Times, 18 Mar. 2021 For those who thought of the lyric poem as a reprieve from the humming external world, a chance to wrestle with internal contradictions, Rich’s overt politics felt unlovely, even unpoetic. Maggie Doherty, The New Yorker, 23 Nov. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unpoetic
Adjective
  • Thresholds is a co-production between Black Mountain Institute and Literary Hub Jordan sits down with Renee Gladman to talk about prose architecture, Henry James, her fascination with cities, and mushrooms.
    Thresholds June 25, Literary Hub, 25 June 2025
  • And the vibes were somewhere between downtown book launch and conceptual prank, as On the Rag — L.A.’s buzzy new literary tabloid — celebrated its arrival at Night Gallery with a cigarette-clouded bash full of poetry, prose and potting soil.
    Benjamin Svetkey, HollywoodReporter, 18 June 2025
Adjective
  • His campaign poetry now faces the prosaic work of policy prioritization.
    Alexander C. Kaufman, The Atlantic, 16 June 2025
  • These prosaic details, coming three pages from the end, are shockingly poignant in their invocation of a familiar accouterment of upper-middle-class adolescence.
    Daphne Merkin, New York Times, 18 May 2025

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“Unpoetic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unpoetic. Accessed 7 Jul. 2025.

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