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Recent Examples of Synonyms for antipoetic
Adjective
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Publishing outstanding work in a range of poetic and prose styles from some of today’s most noteworthy luminaries and promising emerging writers, Revel prioritizes work that is sharp, clear, and urgent.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
27 June 2025 -
Thresholds is a co-production between Black Mountain Institute and Literary Hub Jordan sits down with Renee Gladman to talk about prose architecture, Henry James, her fascination with cities, and mushrooms.—
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Literary Hub,
25 June 2025
Adjective
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This was an obtuse and unpoetic diktat, a showy way to miss the fact that a song’s history—its use over time, by real people, inspired by the exigencies of ritual and action—can inform its meaning more than its mere lyrics ever could.—
Vinson Cunningham,
The New Yorker,
15 July 2022
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Atlanta and its suburbs are a surprisingly Whitmanesque experiment in pluralism, in which unpoetic concrete strip malls substitute for lyrical spears of summer grass.—
Sanjena Sathian,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Mar. 2021
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“Antipoetic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/antipoetic. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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