poetess

noun

Definition of poetessnext
as in poet

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Recent Examples of poetess Billed as a break-dance, hip-hop supernatural fantasy, the movie stars Jeroboam Bozeman as DeRay, a legendary dancer who falls through the sky to land outside the door of Naima (Mecca Verdell), a slam poetess who is the love of his life. — Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 16 Sep. 2024 During Monday’s broadcast of TODAY, genealogy company Ancestry revealed that the Evermore singer is related to a major figure in American literature: Emily Dickinson, the prolific poetess who penned nearly 1800 poems in her time. — Shania Russell, EW.com, 4 Mar. 2024 Louvre Richelieu Wing Palette For the makeup palette, Lancôme celebrated the sculpture of Corine, Greek poetess of the 5th century BC presented in the Richelieu wing of the Louvre. — India Espy-Jones, Essence, 25 Aug. 2023
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  1. poet
  2. muse
  3. poetaster
Noun
  • The poet, who died in 1976, injects mournful omniscience into explorations of heartache.
    — The New Yorker, The New Yorker, 17 Mar. 2025
  • Apparently Gabriele D’Annunzio, the poet, saw her and thought, this woman is my muse.
    — Dodie Kazanjian, Vogue, 14 Mar. 2025
Definition of poet
Noun
  • Her muse and favorite model was German actress and singer Traute Rose (1903-1989), featured in intimate paintings such as My Studio and At the Mirror.
    — Natasha Gural, Forbes, 15 Mar. 2025
  • Apparently Gabriele D’Annunzio, the poet, saw her and thought, this woman is my muse.
    — Dodie Kazanjian, Vogue, 14 Mar. 2025
Definition of muse
Noun
  • Heti’s detractors could probably put a bottle in the middle of a table and entertain themselves reading lines out of context in suave, poetaster voices.
    — New York Times, New York Times, 7 Feb. 2022
  • But -aster words have never been particularly common, with the exception of poetaster, an inferior poet.
    — Melissa Mohr, The Christian Science Monitor, 28 June 2018
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