ars poetica
Americannoun
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a treatise on the art of poetry or poetics.
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(initial capital letter, italics) a poem (c20 b.c.) by Horace, setting forth his precepts for the art of poetry.
noun
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The term “purple prose” stretches back to circa 18 B.C. and the “Ars Poetica” of Horace, according to Charles Harrington Elster in his 2005 book, “What in the Word?”
From Seattle Times
Lisa Ann Markuson of Ars Poetica sits on a “cloud,” aka a very soft, feathery pillow to type poems on-demand.
From The Verge
Lisa Ann Markuson, a poet at Ars Poetica, is also available to write poetry on-demand, typed on a typewriter, for guests.
From The Verge
A lengthy trio of university lectures amounts to an ars poetica, meditations that address her playwriting as well as her fiction.
From Washington Post
These add-ons range from two-hour virtual dance parties hosted by popular Brooklyn wedding D.J.’s to custom poems by Ars Poetica emailed to guests as favors, or catered post-vows dinners for two from partners like the Pixie and the Scout, a Brooklyn-based caterer, delivered contact free.
From New York Times
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