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your description of the sun setting over the Grand Canyon was a particularly poetic piece of writing
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Tugging on the heartstrings can be a cheap trick in the hands of the wrong songwriter, but the genre’s best songs are redeemed by a fastidious eye and a poetic ear.
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Jack Hamilton, The Atlantic, 28 Apr. 2026
Some of the speeches are positively poetic.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 27 Apr. 2026
The curators supply a historical backdrop, therefore, but discreetly, and without distracting us from Wright’s poetic originality.
—Julian Bell, The New York Review of Books, 25 Apr. 2026
There’s something poetic about how the series insists that these two together make one whole that exhibits each of the brothers’ weaknesses.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 23 Apr. 2026
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Jack Hamilton, The Atlantic, 28 Apr. 2026
Some of the speeches are positively poetic.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 27 Apr. 2026
The curators supply a historical backdrop, therefore, but discreetly, and without distracting us from Wright’s poetic originality.
—Julian Bell, The New York Review of Books, 25 Apr. 2026
There’s something poetic about how the series insists that these two together make one whole that exhibits each of the brothers’ weaknesses.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 23 Apr. 2026
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“Poetic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/poetic. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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poetic
adjective
po·et·ic
pō-ˈet-ik 
1
: of, relating to, or characteristic of poets or poetry
poetic words
2
: written in verse
poetical
adjective
-i-kəl
poetically
adverb
-k(ə-)lē
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