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poetry

noun as in expressive, rhythmic literary work

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Feelings are conveyed with such airs that the poetry of a moment of silence disappears the instant someone speaks.

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In the 1980s, Jon-Perse acquires his first personal computer at the same time that he is becoming enamored with classical Arabic verse, particularly a form of love poetry called the ghazal.

But now, we have really refined down the descriptors—we haven’t taken the poetry out of it entirely; we’ve simplified it.

Urged by playwright Sam Shepard to perform her poetry with music, she did, adding a backing band in 1973.

As for the poetry of him walking off the biggest stage the way Manning did, that’s all fantasy football now, especially with more than a quarter of the regular season remaining.

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