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a composition using rhythm and often rhyme to create a lyrical effect
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Recent Examples of poems
New and experienced poets can gather to read and share their poems.
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La Jolla Light, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Sep. 2025
Translation has been a core part of Sze’s practice, including a collection of his own translations of Chinese poems called The Silk Dragon II.
—James Folta, Literary Hub, 15 Sep. 2025
The real bombshell was a birthday scrapbook that Maxwell put together for Epstein’s 50th birthday, full of doodles, poems, photos, and letters from people in his life.
—Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 9 Sep. 2025
The book was compiled by Epstein's co-conspirator Ghislaine Maxwell for his 50th birthday and reportedly contained poems, photos and greetings from academics, businesspeople, Epstein's childhood friends and more.
—Dan Gooding
gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025
Velasco advised a student with a talent for poetry to apply for the Oskar Knoblauch Holocaust Impact Video Contest using one of his poems.
—Erick Trevino, AZCentral.com, 7 Sep. 2025
The actor and writer, 65, confirmed that he wed his partner, florist Monique Pendleberry, earlier this year during a recent appearance on Today with Jenna & Friends to discuss his new book of poems, About Time, available on bookshelves now.
—Jessica Wang, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Sep. 2025
Online in 2016 about how Wade treats her during the February holiday, adding that his poems are among the best gifts she's received.
—Lydia Price, People.com, 14 Feb. 2025
Later, while Liv took to writing poems in her journal, beginning to struggle with addiction in her teens, Grace found solace at the dojo, first practicing jiu jitsu and then kickboxing.
—Kate Branch, Vogue, 10 Feb. 2025
La Jolla Light, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Sep. 2025
Translation has been a core part of Sze’s practice, including a collection of his own translations of Chinese poems called The Silk Dragon II.
—James Folta, Literary Hub, 15 Sep. 2025
The real bombshell was a birthday scrapbook that Maxwell put together for Epstein’s 50th birthday, full of doodles, poems, photos, and letters from people in his life.
—Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 9 Sep. 2025
The book was compiled by Epstein's co-conspirator Ghislaine Maxwell for his 50th birthday and reportedly contained poems, photos and greetings from academics, businesspeople, Epstein's childhood friends and more.
—Dan Gooding
gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025
Velasco advised a student with a talent for poetry to apply for the Oskar Knoblauch Holocaust Impact Video Contest using one of his poems.
—Erick Trevino, AZCentral.com, 7 Sep. 2025
The actor and writer, 65, confirmed that he wed his partner, florist Monique Pendleberry, earlier this year during a recent appearance on Today with Jenna & Friends to discuss his new book of poems, About Time, available on bookshelves now.
—Jessica Wang, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Sep. 2025
Online in 2016 about how Wade treats her during the February holiday, adding that his poems are among the best gifts she's received.
—Lydia Price, People.com, 14 Feb. 2025
Later, while Liv took to writing poems in her journal, beginning to struggle with addiction in her teens, Grace found solace at the dojo, first practicing jiu jitsu and then kickboxing.
—Kate Branch, Vogue, 10 Feb. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for poems
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Blending ancient Vedic verses and Indian classical traditions with vibrant instrumentation and choral arrangements, Soul Ecstasy is part of Tandon’s mission of spreading joy through both economic and emotional empowerment.—
Billboard Staff,
Billboard,
12 Sep. 2025
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A touch of piano and pedal steel guitar bracket verses that swing upward to meet a chorus steeped in Sheeran’s authentically raw vocals.—
Melissa Ruggieri,
USA Today,
12 Sep. 2025
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So, now going to the club with records playing, playing for kids that were not alive when some of these songs came out and watching a really great young DJ like Cosmo play this music from the same era with her own slant on it.—
Steve Baltin,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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Henry decided to pursue music instead of film, with his songs appearing on the soundtracks of his mom’s movies, including Julie and Julia and Ricki and the Flash.—
Francesca Gariano,
People.com,
14 Sep. 2025
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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
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The record showcases a mix of Chaney’s influences ranging from hard country to bluegrass to grunge, and the lyrics are true-to-life.—
Josh Crutchmer,
Rolling Stone,
19 Sep. 2025
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To the west, the London Eye pirouettes above the skyline—to the east, Shakespeare’s Globe serves legendary sonnets.—
Lewis Nunn,
Forbes.com,
6 Sep. 2025
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These tablets from the end of the fourth millennium BCE show that writing did not emerge fully formed overnight, and that it was developed not to write sonnets, but receipts.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
26 Aug. 2025
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