major poet

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This was the major poet of revolutionary Nicaragua.

From Salon • Mar. 31, 2021

I appreciate the introduction to a new major poet.

From Scientific American • Sep. 20, 2020

Wright was our most democratic, most trustworthy major poet in 50, if not 100, years.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 20, 2016

Because of Wilde Boys, Mr. Healy said, “I don’t think there’s a major poet in America who doesn’t know who Alex is.”

From New York Times • Nov. 2, 2011

Formal art is nearly always the gift of the minor poet, and often of the major poet also.

From Whitman A Study by Burroughs, John