poetic

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She sang open-throated declarations, recited broken poetic verses, scatted with the authority of a jazz singer, moaned with bluesy intent, and occasionally let loose an unbridled shriek or giggle.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026

It’s frank, intimate, poetic in its elisions and profoundly haunting in its effect.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

The idea that “there will be no victor or vanquished” is not poetic fatalism, it is empirical reality.

From Salon • Mar. 25, 2026

It’s not really poetic but that’s exactly how I felt when we were writing the song.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 25, 2026

I know he’s making eye contact with all of us as he speaks but I can’t help but feel that he’s singling me out as he waxes pirate poetic.

From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman