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Recent Examples of poetess
Edited by Lauren Muller, Becky Thompson, Dominique C. Hill, and Durell M. Callier, this book pays homage to Jordan’s legacy as an activist and poetess, a dual legacy that continues to shape the Black imagination and thought.
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Lynnette Nicholas, Essence, 9 Oct. 2025
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
Though Orton, in concert later this week at the Irish American Heritage Center, is rightly admired as a poetess of British folk-rock, her closest analog might be a poetess of Francophone cinema: Claire Denis.
—Matthew Richards, Chicago Tribune, 7 Nov. 2022
To those who know, Patti Smith, pioneering punk poetess and rock star without peer or precedent, requires no introduction.
—Jem Aswad, Variety, 1 June 2022
Reimagined as a flowing gown, the look has a new verve, one that speaks to Kente’s timelessness and the youthful exuberance of 23-year-old poetess.
—Vogue, 7 Apr. 2021
Sarojini Naidu, poetess, and Madeline Slade, the British admiral's daughter who has been Gandhi's devoted follower for 17 years. Mme.
—Lily Rothman, Time, 9 Aug. 2017
Lynnette Nicholas, Essence, 9 Oct. 2025
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
Though Orton, in concert later this week at the Irish American Heritage Center, is rightly admired as a poetess of British folk-rock, her closest analog might be a poetess of Francophone cinema: Claire Denis.
—Matthew Richards, Chicago Tribune, 7 Nov. 2022
To those who know, Patti Smith, pioneering punk poetess and rock star without peer or precedent, requires no introduction.
—Jem Aswad, Variety, 1 June 2022
Reimagined as a flowing gown, the look has a new verve, one that speaks to Kente’s timelessness and the youthful exuberance of 23-year-old poetess.
—Vogue, 7 Apr. 2021
Sarojini Naidu, poetess, and Madeline Slade, the British admiral's daughter who has been Gandhi's devoted follower for 17 years. Mme.
—Lily Rothman, Time, 9 Aug. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for poetess
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Over the years, the festival has expanded to include artists, musicians, storytellers, poets, and more, all focused on a theme relevant to the social, religious, and political needs of the Louisville community and beyond.—
Maggie Menderski,
Louisville Courier Journal,
26 Oct. 2025
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Chefitz was a mountain climber, soccer player, cross-country motorcyclist, flamenco guitarist, writer and poet — to name just some of his hobbies.—
Lauren Costantino,
Miami Herald,
25 Oct. 2025
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A lot of viewers found her the most captivating presence in Part 1 of the doc, with obvious screen charisma that established her as a leading lady after all these years — playing a character that Hollywood couldn’t have invented better, the manager-muse.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
23 Oct. 2025
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Ward was the designer's muse and collaborator throughout the 90s and 2000s, according to Dazed.—
Michelle Lee,
PEOPLE,
23 Oct. 2025
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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
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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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“Poetess.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/poetess. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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