poetess
Example Sentences
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To paraphrase the late, venerable American poetess, Maya Angelou: our nation is a multi-colored ocean, leaping and wide, welling and swelling, we bear the tide.
From Salon ● Nov. 23, 2023
Tova, a simple name, a popular name, not quite suited to a young poetess.
From The New Yorker ● Jan. 7, 2019
The protest came from a group of angry ladies led by Robin Morgan, 27, poetess and housewife.
From Time ● Sep. 12, 2016
Nearby, two small gold coins portray Sappho, Greek poetess and resident of the island of Lesbos.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 20, 2013
Remembering, her old customers picture her as philanthropist, medical authority, bouncer, and poetess of the bodily emotions without being involved with them.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
