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poetry

[poh-i-tree] / ˈpoʊ ɪ tri /


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Eliot was creating a new type of poetry from stylistic juxtapositions, “Louis Armstrong, way down the river in New Orleans, was working out a similar technique for jazz.”

From The Wall Street Journal

“When he wrote those game intros, it was like poetry. He’d write them out and then say them. ... He didn’t give opinions, he just told you what was happening.”

From Los Angeles Times

In fact, according to Romney, most of the family wrote, whether poetry, sermons, plays, or fiction.

From Los Angeles Times

But the real reason he writes poetry, he says, is simply to express himself.

From The Wall Street Journal

In “Fan Mail: A Guide to What We Love, Loathe, and Mourn,” he is quick to praise those works of film, fiction and poetry he loves and equally quick to pan those he hates.

From The Wall Street Journal