1
: one who writes poetry : a maker of verses
2
: one (such as a creative artist) of great imaginative and expressive capabilities and special sensitivity to the medium
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Emily Dickinson is famous as the poet who rarely left the house but often journeyed to the depths of the human heart.
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Moreover, the poet makes Pheidippides into a romantic hero, cut down tragically on the threshold of adulthood.
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Miriam Kamil, JSTOR Daily, 20 Nov. 2024
Recognized as one of India’s, and perhaps the world’s 50 most influential people, Sadhguru is a yogi, mystic, environmental activist, poet, and the bestselling author of over thirty books.
—Mandeep Rai, Forbes, 20 Nov. 2024
The eclectic band includes a poet, an opera singer, a violinist, a pianist and two people who play the bandura, Ukraine’s traditional 62-string instrument that looks a bit like an oversize lute.
—Sal Pizarro, The Mercury News, 9 Nov. 2024
An artsy crowd ate and sipped Modelos as the theater filled up, with the poet Anne Waldman looking on from stage left, Lynne Tillman perching on a low settee, and Padma Lakshmi in oversize aviators in a spot by the door.
—Curbed Staff, Curbed, 6 Nov. 2024
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Miriam Kamil, JSTOR Daily, 20 Nov. 2024
Recognized as one of India’s, and perhaps the world’s 50 most influential people, Sadhguru is a yogi, mystic, environmental activist, poet, and the bestselling author of over thirty books.
—Mandeep Rai, Forbes, 20 Nov. 2024
The eclectic band includes a poet, an opera singer, a violinist, a pianist and two people who play the bandura, Ukraine’s traditional 62-string instrument that looks a bit like an oversize lute.
—Sal Pizarro, The Mercury News, 9 Nov. 2024
An artsy crowd ate and sipped Modelos as the theater filled up, with the poet Anne Waldman looking on from stage left, Lynne Tillman perching on a low settee, and Padma Lakshmi in oversize aviators in a spot by the door.
—Curbed Staff, Curbed, 6 Nov. 2024
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“Poet.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/poet. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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poet
noun
po·et
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: a person who writes poetry
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