as in poets
a person who writes poetry
I may not be a great poet, but I'm as good as those versifiers hired by the greeting card companies
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poets
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Foreigners have been streaming into Switzerland for centuries—poets, painters, alpinists—and the country long ago adapted to their presence.—
Alice Gregory,
Condé Nast Traveler,
11 Feb. 2026 -
Clinical accuracy is not something with which poets have traditionally tended to preoccupy themselves, but Tennyson’s account of mental extremity impressed the experts.—
James Parker,
The Atlantic,
10 Feb. 2026
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“Versifiers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/versifiers. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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