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: a composition in verse
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: something suggesting a poem (as in expressiveness, lyricism, or formal grace)
the house we stayed in … was itself a poem—
H. J. Laski
H. J. LaskiExamples of poem in a Sentence
He wrote a poem about his parents.
your assignment is to write two poems about springtime
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After Vincent’s death, there were excruciating days, days of numbness, days of contentment and days of melancholy, days of reading and writing and days of not being able to read or write, days of holding on upside down (like the bat in Marianne Moore’s poem) and days of holding on right side up.
—Yiyun Li, The New Yorker, 23 Mar. 2025
Her journals and poems, collected in binders, served as the scaffolding.
—Marissa R. Moss, Rolling Stone, 21 Mar. 2025
Artists also wrote poems that were projected and traced onto the walls.
—Annalise Frank, Axios, 24 Mar. 2025
The singer released a collection of poems titled Eat the World in 2024.
—Maya Georgi, Rolling Stone, 21 Mar. 2025
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Yiyun Li, The New Yorker, 23 Mar. 2025
Her journals and poems, collected in binders, served as the scaffolding.
—Marissa R. Moss, Rolling Stone, 21 Mar. 2025
Artists also wrote poems that were projected and traced onto the walls.
—Annalise Frank, Axios, 24 Mar. 2025
The singer released a collection of poems titled Eat the World in 2024.
—Maya Georgi, Rolling Stone, 21 Mar. 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 17 Apr. 2025.
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