How to Use poetry in a Sentence

poetry

noun
  • She's published two books of lyric poetry and a novel.
  • I read the poem in a collection of modern poetry.
  • He found it easiest to express himself in the language of poetry.
  • Her dancing is pure poetry.
  • There’s a fun bit of poetry in this.
    — Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 7 May 2026
  • But that's, again, just part of the poetry that is the show.
    — Julia Moore, PEOPLE, 12 June 2026
  • No poetry this time, not even singing.
    — Brad Shoup, Pitchfork, 24 Jan. 2026
  • In the poetry world, my first one.
    — Literary Hub, 20 Feb. 2026
  • So that’s what poetry does for me.
    — Literary Hub, 3 Nov. 2025
  • Khamenei did not rule through poetry.
    — Letters To The Editor, Washington Post, 6 Mar. 2026
  • Lumière is a way to get life and even to get the poetry of life.
    — Matthew Carey, Deadline, 1 Apr. 2026
  • This is a film about science, but it is told as poetry.
    — Stephanie Bunbury, Deadline, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Pamela writes like poetry, but without the neat bow on top.
    — Literary Hub, 14 Oct. 2025
  • That made poetry and dance central to this book.
    — Literary Hub, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Many write poetry, go on dates, don’t need help to use a toilet.
    — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2025
  • How can anyone deaf even know what poetry is?
    — Ilya Kaminsky august 20, Literary Hub, 20 Aug. 2025
  • His rhetoric doesn’t soar, but his sentences have the beats of poetry.
    — Washington Post, 3 Mar. 2022
  • So where does poetry fit into all this?
    — K.j.s. “sunny” Anand, Time, 15 Oct. 2025
  • Trap beats and poetry flow from lounges, clubs and house parties to the north and south.
    — Joe Sills, Forbes.com, 17 Jan. 2026
  • In some cultures, poetry is for the elite.
    — Fatemeh Jamalpour, Literary Hub, 15 Sep. 2025
  • There’s the charisma and poetry of their ideas.
    — Mathew Rodriguez, Them., 23 Sep. 2025
  • There are seven of us and the issue for us is to keep poetry alive.
    — Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Oct. 2025
  • Anything that’s good enough to share is poetry.
    — Laura Brown, Artforum, 25 Mar. 2026
  • What the world needs is a little more good poetry and a lot more voting.
    — Pat Beall, Sun Sentinel, 13 Mar. 2026
  • This is a hybrid work of prose and image and poetry.
    — Literary Hub, 17 Sep. 2025
  • But doesn’t poetry deserve more than that?
    — Literary Hub, 1 Apr. 2026
  • For three years, Brohi would hide away in her room and write poetry.
    — Sofia Krusmark, The Arizona Republic, 28 Feb. 2022
  • But these poets showed me the richness and breadth of poetry.
    — Literary Hub, 26 June 2026
  • Word by word, and line by line, Chen Chen shows how poetry is made.
    — Beth Py-Lieberman, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Nov. 2022
  • And while the result was not the poet’s cut, there is a sense of poetry to it.
    — Megan Feringa, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2025

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