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poet

[poh-it] / ˈpoʊ ɪt /


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It enabled him to purchase the Old Vicarage at Grantchester near Cambridge, formerly the home of war poet, Rupert Brooke, as well as a penthouse in London.

From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026

James Noel, a Haitian poet and novelist who has known Orelien for 20 years, said he spoke with him at the height of the controversy and found him "devastated".

From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026

Taught by L.A.-based artist and poet Kate Ingold, the workshops center on samizdat, a practice in which Soviet dissidents hand-typed literature, criticism and poetry to bypass state censorship.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2026

Ms. Di Castri’s piece takes its inspiration from the writings of the poet Ilya Kaminsky, born in Odesa, and the composer’s beloved Ukrainian great-grandfather, an immigrant to Canada.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026

“Leading her to the family vault of the Kanes … he knocked on the iron door, and repeated lines from the poet Longfellow’s “Psalm of Life.”

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock

It references a number of the city's poets, the punk explosion and bands and clubs of the time.

From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026

He carries his survey up to the present day and writes adeptly about three currently active poets: Alice Oswald, Sasha Dugdale and A.E.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026

Gerd believes it's important to look both to the future and to a history before the Nazi era, when German-speaking lands were known as a place of "poets and thinkers."

From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026

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

Does he really want to disagree with those who think that poets and artists stand on the shoulders of their predecessors, and accumulate knowledge about how to write poems and paint pictures?

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton




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