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: a composition in verse
2
: something suggesting a poem (as in expressiveness, lyricism, or formal grace)
the house we stayed in … was itself a poem—
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He wrote a poem about his parents.
your assignment is to write two poems about springtime
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His provocative poem revolved around a cycle of bloodshed and called out Israel’s prime minister.
—Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 19 Sep. 2025
Sharing personal stories, song lyrics and her favorite poems, Hatmaker takes her reader on her journey through the grief, recovery and life rebuilding that has followed.
—Stephanie Gallman Jordan, Southern Living, 19 Sep. 2025
The performances were interspersed with speeches, poems and recitals by actors Riz Ahmed, Guy Pearce, Benedict Cumberbatch, Florence Pugh, Richard Gere, and more.
—Thomas Smith, Billboard, 18 Sep. 2025
The poem imagines Thanksgiving dinner without arguments, civility in Congress and rap lyrics minus excessive F-bombs and Mississippi Klansmen burning their sheets.
—Daniella Walsh, Oc Register, 18 Sep. 2025
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Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 19 Sep. 2025
Sharing personal stories, song lyrics and her favorite poems, Hatmaker takes her reader on her journey through the grief, recovery and life rebuilding that has followed.
—Stephanie Gallman Jordan, Southern Living, 19 Sep. 2025
The performances were interspersed with speeches, poems and recitals by actors Riz Ahmed, Guy Pearce, Benedict Cumberbatch, Florence Pugh, Richard Gere, and more.
—Thomas Smith, Billboard, 18 Sep. 2025
The poem imagines Thanksgiving dinner without arguments, civility in Congress and rap lyrics minus excessive F-bombs and Mississippi Klansmen burning their sheets.
—Daniella Walsh, Oc Register, 18 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for poem
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“Poem.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/poem. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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