as in verse
a composition using rhythm and often rhyme to create a lyrical effect
your assignment is to write two poems about springtime
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Recent Examples of poem
Some people like to write poems, other people like to perform music, other people like to run marathons.
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We The Action,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2026
Fragments of email correspondence appear alongside bits of dialogue, histories of apocalyptic movements in Korea, and poems about the nature of time and the Bardo (the Tibetan Buddhist concept for the transitional period between death and rebirth).
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Shanti Escalante-De Mattei,
ARTnews.com,
30 June 2026
The couple published the journal’s first issue in July 1976, which included notes from the editors, essays and poems.
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Laura Horne,
Charlotte Observer,
30 June 2026
Odenkirk and his kids wrote these poems at bedtime every night, and now, many years later, they’ve been touched up for your enjoyment.
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Toby Rose,
Parents,
30 June 2026
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We The Action,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2026
Fragments of email correspondence appear alongside bits of dialogue, histories of apocalyptic movements in Korea, and poems about the nature of time and the Bardo (the Tibetan Buddhist concept for the transitional period between death and rebirth).
—
Shanti Escalante-De Mattei,
ARTnews.com,
30 June 2026
The couple published the journal’s first issue in July 1976, which included notes from the editors, essays and poems.
—
Laura Horne,
Charlotte Observer,
30 June 2026
Odenkirk and his kids wrote these poems at bedtime every night, and now, many years later, they’ve been touched up for your enjoyment.
—
Toby Rose,
Parents,
30 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for poem
Recent Examples of Synonyms for poem
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In their debut cypher, dropped on the first day of 2026, his mid-tempo slur and curt verses immediately mark him as a descendant of Carti and SahBabii.
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By the second verse, Lola shares her perspective and appreciation for her mom.
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The production was built entirely with AI tools, with Madhvani writing the multilingual lyrics alongside co-creators and composing the music through Suno, a leading AI music generation platform.
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Swift has a massive global platform, and a tendency to pull back the curtain on her personal life in song lyrics and the occasional documentary.
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The search for the opening song stretched into the final weeks before filming, with Kittrell, Dries and pilot director Jason Moore trading ideas over text.
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That passion was evident throughout the evening as supporters periodically broke into song.
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In his sonnets, Shakespeare pairs was with glass, and warmed with disarmed.
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Tech was even still cool in late 2022 when OpenAI released ChatGPT and everyone started giddily re-doing Taylor Swift lyrics as Shakespearean sonnets.
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The title character disdains the common folk, and the play’s complicated political discussion and harsh, jagged poetry aren’t what most picnicking playgoers are after.
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Not enough people look back to the ancient world, which is more associated with epic poetry about gods and war than prose compositions.
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“Poem.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/poem. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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