as in minstrel
a person who writes poetry
Emily Dickinson is famous as the poet who rarely left the house but often journeyed to the depths of the human heart
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In an exclusive interview with PEOPLE, the poet and activist opened up about the message behind her new picture book Girls on the Rise, illustrated by Loveis Wise.
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Lizz Schumer, People.com, 8 Jan. 2025
Over the years, the hotel hosted many of the festival’s famed guests, earning it a reputation as a kind of Grand Budapest Hotel of the Levant—a haunt for musicians and poets such as Miles Davis, Fairuz, and Jean Cocteau.
—Youmna Melhem Chamieh, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
The debris flow of trees, mud and rock crossed N.C. 80, knocking Jennie Boyd Bull’s home off its foundation as Boyd, a local poet, sat at her kitchen table eating her morning oatmeal.
—Usa Today Graphics Team, USA TODAY, 31 Dec. 2024
One person who had their palm read at this time was the Irish poet and playwright Oscar Wilde.
—Michelle Aroney and David Zeitlyn, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
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Lizz Schumer, People.com, 8 Jan. 2025
Over the years, the hotel hosted many of the festival’s famed guests, earning it a reputation as a kind of Grand Budapest Hotel of the Levant—a haunt for musicians and poets such as Miles Davis, Fairuz, and Jean Cocteau.
—Youmna Melhem Chamieh, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
The debris flow of trees, mud and rock crossed N.C. 80, knocking Jennie Boyd Bull’s home off its foundation as Boyd, a local poet, sat at her kitchen table eating her morning oatmeal.
—Usa Today Graphics Team, USA TODAY, 31 Dec. 2024
One person who had their palm read at this time was the Irish poet and playwright Oscar Wilde.
—Michelle Aroney and David Zeitlyn, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for poet
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Something in me wants to talk about the hard rain that is falling right now, and to wonder who will step up to sing about it: who will be our minstrel of the End Times; our guiding, undeceivable voice; and so on.James Parker, The Atlantic, 17 Dec. 2024
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In 2021 Hartzell hired an outside firm to help the university with its reputation over a racial controversy with the school song's association with old campus minstrel shows.Lily Kepner, Austin American-Statesman, 15 July 2024
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Well, like clockwork, on January 10, NBC announced that the Club Chalamet muse will be hosting the sketch show on January 25.Hershal Pandya, Vulture, 10 Jan. 2025
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While people in the outside world muse over glasses of wine about whether innies have souls, the innies are fighting for their right to personal agency, to bodily autonomy, to existence.Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Jan. 2025
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The husky Black man from the Bronx toiled for every inch of respect, beset by toxicity and misinformation, as hairy white folk-rock and boogie-band alumni pushed similar buttons to become the de facto bards of the everyman.Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 2 Jan. 2025
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The endearing homecoming introduces new characters including Moni (Hualalai Chung), a passionate island bard; Loto (Rose Matafeo), a quirky shipwright; Kele (David Fane), a cantankerous farmer; and Simea (Khaleesi Lambert-Tsuda), Moana’s tenacious younger sister.Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Nov. 2024
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“Poet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/poet. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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