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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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Gercke is quite skilled at building characters and writing humorous and poetic dialogue.
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Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Mar. 2025
In the speech itself, however, Trump waxed almost poetic about the beauties of the tariff as a tool of national power.
—Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker, 5 Mar. 2025
Senior Day was the 13th, a poetic opportunity for the group to celebrate their careers all on the court and finally healthy at the same time.
—Emily Adams, Hartford Courant, 3 Mar. 2025
That said tortured belle is played by Vivien Leigh, who also breathed life into Scarlett O'Hara, is one of Hollywood's most poetic twists of fate.
—Ew Staff, EW.com, 2 Mar. 2025
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Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Mar. 2025
In the speech itself, however, Trump waxed almost poetic about the beauties of the tariff as a tool of national power.
—Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker, 5 Mar. 2025
Senior Day was the 13th, a poetic opportunity for the group to celebrate their careers all on the court and finally healthy at the same time.
—Emily Adams, Hartford Courant, 3 Mar. 2025
That said tortured belle is played by Vivien Leigh, who also breathed life into Scarlett O'Hara, is one of Hollywood's most poetic twists of fate.
—Ew Staff, EW.com, 2 Mar. 2025
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“Poetic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/poetic. Accessed 15 Mar. 2025.
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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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