poet
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“When you first talk to him,” Iamaleava said, “it kind of sounds like you’re talking to a poet or something, the way the words roll off.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026
One evening, Emily Kagan, a poet and healthcare executive who was one of the facilitators, passed around markers and colored sheets of origami paper.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
They released one album, “I’ve Got A Right,” not on a major label but instead on Giorno Poetry Systems, a record label started by downtown poet John Giorno.
From Salon ● Jul. 29, 2026
As Sherland, he reinvented himself as a poet and, in 2020, he became president of the Robert Burns World Federation.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026
Every time I go down to the Hideout, I keep hoping the mysterious poet will be there.
From "A Soft Place to Land" by Janae Marks
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The documentary features admiring poets as well as Stephen Colbert, a huge Oliver fan, and the irreverent and colorful John Waters, a longtime friend.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
Philip Oltermann’s “The Stasi Poetry Circle” relates the absurdly true story of spies who became poets in an attempt to win the Cold War.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
Tapping Travis Scott to play the Bard singing the tales of Odysseus’ exploits, for example, doesn’t merely reframe the role of ancient storytellers and poets as that age’s rappers.
From Salon ● Aug. 2, 2026
"I remember reading the Seamus Heaney poem Digging, and thinking 'why are we reading a poem about potatoes'. Now he's one of my favourite poets, but it was just another subject I had to learn."
From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2026
The happy end brought about by a divinity, the deus ex machina, is a common device with Euripides alone of the three tragic poets.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
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Reading: Literature - Poetry - Introductory
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Reading: Literature - Middle School
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