poetry

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In the midst of it, she wrote and released her book of poetry.

From Los Angeles Times

Today, Loudmouth Books carries more than 2,000 titles by, for, and about marginalized authors, spanning genres from children’s literature and cookbooks to fiction, poetry, romance, sci-fi, and graphic novels.

From Salon

Eliot was creating a new type of poetry from stylistic juxtapositions, “Louis Armstrong, way down the river in New Orleans, was working out a similar technique for jazz.”

From The Wall Street Journal

“When he wrote those game intros, it was like poetry. He’d write them out and then say them. ... He didn’t give opinions, he just told you what was happening.”

From Los Angeles Times

In fact, according to Romney, most of the family wrote, whether poetry, sermons, plays, or fiction.

From Los Angeles Times