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your description of the sun setting over the Grand Canyon was a particularly poetic piece of writing
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Originally written as a play, skin & bones, with its poetic and evocative prose, is a fervent exploration of Blackness, fatness, sisterhood and motherhood, faith and family.
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Shyla Watson, People.com, 7 Jan. 2025
Magee recalled how uniquely present Carter was during their conversation, and how poetic.
—Charles Bethea, The New Yorker, 7 Jan. 2025
In a poetic twist, Barkley would have the opportunity to break the record next week against his former team, the New York Giants.
—Andrew Greif, NBC News, 29 Dec. 2024
There’s something beautifully poetic about that, and inevitable.
—Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 25 Dec. 2024
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Shyla Watson, People.com, 7 Jan. 2025
Magee recalled how uniquely present Carter was during their conversation, and how poetic.
—Charles Bethea, The New Yorker, 7 Jan. 2025
In a poetic twist, Barkley would have the opportunity to break the record next week against his former team, the New York Giants.
—Andrew Greif, NBC News, 29 Dec. 2024
There’s something beautifully poetic about that, and inevitable.
—Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 25 Dec. 2024
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“Poetic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/poetic. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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poetic
adjective
po·et·ic
pō-ˈet-ik 
1
: of, relating to, or characteristic of poets or poetry
poetic words
2
: written in verse
poetical
adjective
-i-kəl
poetically
adverb
-k(ə-)lē
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