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poet

[poh-it] / ˈpoʊ ɪt /


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Instead, the Galway poet was about to discover that a poem she had written seven years earlier, and which was inspired by him, had appeared on the paper.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

Paul Celan survived the Holocaust and became the most consequential postwar German-language poet.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

Kristie Frederick Daugherty, a Swiftie, poet and author, says Swift-centric forums she's part of across Facebook, Instagram, Substack and Reddit feature fans showing "a ton of respect for the privacy that she's wanting".

From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026

“We would get together and have these very long conversations,” says director Rebecca Miller, who interviewed American cinema’s great poet of tortured masculinity over five years.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2026

Gram was always saying stuff like that, like she was a poet instead of a painter.

From "How to Disappear Completely" by Ali Standish




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