2
: writing that formulates a concentrated imaginative awareness of experience in language chosen and arranged to create a specific emotional response through meaning, sound, and rhythm
3
a
: something likened to poetry especially in beauty of expression
b
: poetic quality or aspect
the poetry of dance
Synonyms of poetry
Examples of poetry in a Sentence
I read the poem in a collection of modern poetry.
She's published two books of lyric poetry and a novel.
He found it easiest to express himself in the language of poetry.
Her dancing is pure poetry.
Recent Examples on the Web
Lila Matsumoto’s publications include the poetry collections Talk a Blue Streak (Monitor, 2026), Two Twin Pipes Sprout Water (Prototype, 2021), Urn & Drum (Shearsman, 2018), and a creative-critical artist’s book, The Very Nature of Materiality is an Entanglement (In Other Words, 2024).
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Literary Hub, 27 May 2026
The pink slip on the desk Friday afternoon, a term that comes from factory routing slips color-coded to indicate termination, carried its own bureaucratic poetry.
—Alexander Puutio, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026
The Metro-North Platform in Stamford The Stamford train platform is not exactly poetry — unless your idea of romance involves delayed commuters, laptop bags, and people silently negotiating personal space.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 27 May 2026
There are two different poetry stages, a Bookworm Block Party on Allston Way, a meeting of Silent Book Club members and a Social Justice Children’s Book Fair.
—John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 27 May 2026
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Literary Hub, 27 May 2026
The pink slip on the desk Friday afternoon, a term that comes from factory routing slips color-coded to indicate termination, carried its own bureaucratic poetry.
—Alexander Puutio, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026
The Metro-North Platform in Stamford The Stamford train platform is not exactly poetry — unless your idea of romance involves delayed commuters, laptop bags, and people silently negotiating personal space.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 27 May 2026
There are two different poetry stages, a Bookworm Block Party on Allston Way, a meeting of Silent Book Club members and a Social Justice Children’s Book Fair.
—John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 27 May 2026
See All Example Sentences for poetry
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“Poetry.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/poetry. Accessed 29 May. 2026.
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