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poet

[poh-it] / ˈpoʊ ɪt /


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Early inspiration for the movie came from an unpublished play written by poet Federico Garcia Lorca, who was executed by fascist forces at the beginning of the Spanish Civil War in 1936.

From Barron's ● Oct. 24, 2026

Maya Khosla, a wildlife biologist for hire and filmmaker and poet between gigs, was getting on-the-job training in a new role: detective.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026

Wales' national poet did not take part in ceremony as had been planned, after Senedd officials rejected the poem she had written for the event and cancelled her performance.

From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026

Earlier this week, the prizes for medicine, physics, chemistry and literature were announced in Stockholm, with the latter going to Canadian poet Anne Carson on Thursday for her modern twists on Greek mythology and antiquity.

From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026

It was the poets, not the painters, who understood what Picasso was trying to do, and the principal poet of Picasso’s circle was Apollinaire.

From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day

Under the Soviet Union, dissident artists, poets and creators distributed their work within small, private networks, according to Ingold.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2026

Asked to describe the difference in flavor, Goizueta ducked the question: “When you describe flavor, it is a matter better left to the poets or copywriters or members of the press,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026

Hosts of spiritual-minded sorts called it home: Alan Watts popularized Zen Buddhism in the ’60s, alongside poets Gary Snyder and Kenneth Rexroth.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026

Nearly 750,000 people voted on whether to move a nearly 40-foot-tall bronze statue of Alexander Pushkin—considered one of the country’s greatest poets.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026

As if further proof were needed of the slipperiness of poets!

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood


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