A History of Short Words

From the New York Times Crossword Puzzle

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Tue, 2 Apr '24
One might be Horatian
Thu, 28 Mar '24
A famous one begins "Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness"
Thu, 21 Mar '24
Celebratory work
Sun, 17 Mar '24
Work on something you love?
Wed, 13 Mar '24
Work whose name comes from the Greek for "sing"
Mon, 5 Feb '24
"___ to Billie Joe" (1967 #1 hit)
Sun, 28 Jan '24
Shelley's "___ to the West Wind"
Fri, 24 Nov '23
"Intimations of Immortality," for one
Wed, 15 Nov '23
Dedicated work
Sun, 8 Oct '23
"___ to a Koala Bear" (Paul McCartney song)
Sun, 1 Oct '23
Lucille Clifton's "Homage to My Hips," for one
Fri, 29 Sep '23
Flattering lines
Tue, 26 Sep '23
Many a Pablo Neruda work
Thu, 24 Aug '23
Tribute of a sort
Sun, 6 Aug '23
Work on something you like?
Sun, 9 Jul '23
Ogden Nash's "Kind of an ___ to Duty"
Thu, 29 Jun '23
Dedicated address?
Tue, 20 Jun '23
Bobbie Gentry's "___ to Billie Joe"
Sun, 18 Jun '23
Lines of dedication
Mon, 12 Jun '23
Poem of adoration
Sat, 27 May '23
Uplifting offering
Wed, 24 May '23
Dedicated poem
Tue, 9 May '23
"___ to Autocorrect" (Martha Silano poem)
Tue, 18 Apr '23
Keats specialty
Sun, 2 Apr '23
Work of praise
Sun, 19 Mar '23
Words of praise
Thu, 2 Mar '23
Flattering lines
Mon, 13 Feb '23
Praiseful poem
Sun, 5 Feb '23
Work of appreciation
Fri, 20 Jan '23
"Dejection" is a famous one
Wed, 11 Jan '23
Horatian creation
Sun, 8 Jan '23
Flattering verse
Mon, 28 Nov '22
Praiseful poem
Mon, 21 Nov '22
Sappho's "___ to Aphrodite"
Tue, 15 Nov '22
"___ to a Nightingale" (Keats poem)
Tue, 1 Nov '22
"___ to a Superhero" (Weird Al Yankovic parody of "Piano Man")
Tue, 20 Sep '22
Praiseful poem
Mon, 19 Sep '22
Poem of exaltation
Mon, 8 Aug '22
Poem of praise
Tue, 14 Jun '22
Verse that exalts its subject
Mon, 30 May '22
Poem of praise
Sat, 28 May '22
It traditionally starts with a strophe
Thu, 5 May '22
Written honor
Sun, 1 May '22
Pablo Neruda wrote one "to a large tuna in the market"
Tue, 26 Apr '22
Laudatory work
Thu, 14 Apr '22
It's an honor
Mon, 11 Apr '22
Poetic tribute
Tue, 5 Apr '22
Phillis Wheatley wrote one "to Neptune"
Mon, 21 Mar '22
Poem of praise
Tue, 8 Mar '22
Poet Amanda Gorman's "___ to Our Ocean"
Mon, 20 Dec '21
Poetic praise
Tue, 14 Dec '21
Lyrical dedication
Sun, 12 Dec '21
Many a Sharon Olds poem
Tue, 7 Dec '21
Keats's "To Autumn," e.g.
Sun, 5 Dec '21
Pablo Neruda work
Wed, 10 Nov '21
Dedicated work
Sat, 6 Nov '21
Sharon Olds's "___ to Dirt"
Wed, 20 Oct '21
Bobbie Gentry's "___ to Billie Joe"
Tue, 21 Sep '21
Emerson's "___ to Beauty"
Thu, 9 Sep '21
Glowing lines
Mon, 9 Aug '21
Poem of praise
Mon, 2 Aug '21
Tribute poem
Sun, 25 Jul '21
Horace's "Hymn to Mercury," for one
Sun, 18 Jul '21
Tribute in verse
Sun, 11 Jul '21
Pablo Neruda's "___ to Wine"
Sat, 10 Jul '21
Wordsworth wrote one about a cuckoo
Thu, 8 Jul '21
Onetime record label with a poetic name
Mon, 14 Jun '21
Lyric poem
Thu, 10 Jun '21
Bobbie Gentry's "___ to Billie Joe"
Mon, 7 Jun '21
Poem of praise
Tue, 1 Jun '21
Wordsworth work
Thu, 27 May '21
Dedicated work
Mon, 17 May '21
Poem of tribute
Sun, 9 May '21
Sappho's "___ to Aphrodite"
Tue, 23 Feb '21
Poem of tribute
Fri, 12 Feb '21
"___ to a Superhero," Weird Al's parody of "Piano Man"
Fri, 5 Feb '21
Homage of a sort
Fri, 1 Jan '21
Emotive verse
Mon, 28 Dec '20
"To a Skylark," e.g.