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

As any random rerun of Seinfeld will remind you, Louis-Dreyfus is a veritable poetess of neurotic vanity.

From Slate • Apr. 20, 2012

The poetess lived alone and shaped her time and activities carefully in order to meet the heavy demands of artistic responsibility.

From "Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison