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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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This poetic gem is a journey from the weight of absence to the serenity of presence, thanks in no small part to the inquisitive, gifted woman pulled from obscurity: Sheila Turner-Seed, whose life was short but full and worth revitalizing.
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Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 13 June 2025
Emotions get so strong that the characters shift into new modes of expression like a visual form of poetic realism.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 13 June 2025
Readers will find sensual pleasure in his sumptuous writing about hunger, its passing, and what swells to fill that space; his tremendous poetic gifts capture that richness.
—Melissa Febos, The Atlantic, 9 June 2025
From the way Frank Lloyd Wright married residential design with nature to the way Zaha Hadid paved the way for female architects worldwide, these visionaries have redefined what architecture can be: inclusive, political, poetic, pragmatic, and profoundly human.
—Maya Chawla, Architectural Digest, 6 June 2025
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Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 13 June 2025
Emotions get so strong that the characters shift into new modes of expression like a visual form of poetic realism.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 13 June 2025
Readers will find sensual pleasure in his sumptuous writing about hunger, its passing, and what swells to fill that space; his tremendous poetic gifts capture that richness.
—Melissa Febos, The Atlantic, 9 June 2025
From the way Frank Lloyd Wright married residential design with nature to the way Zaha Hadid paved the way for female architects worldwide, these visionaries have redefined what architecture can be: inclusive, political, poetic, pragmatic, and profoundly human.
—Maya Chawla, Architectural Digest, 6 June 2025
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“Poetic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/poetic. Accessed 17 Jun. 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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