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a person who writes poetry
I may not be a great poet, but I'm as good as those versifiers hired by the greeting card companies
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poets
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The complete Poems of Seamus Heaney published late last year in the United States has been widely praised as a work of genius and has cemented Heaney’s status as one of the greatest poets of the last century.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
5 Feb. 2026 -
Diana Shi, co-recipient of two US National Endowment for the Arts Literature Translation Fellowships, has collaborated since 2006 with George O’Connell in translating many prominent western and Chinese-speaking poets.—
Chen Yuhong,
The Dial,
3 Feb. 2026
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“Versifiers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/versifiers. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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