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
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.
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The Pittsburgh Pirates’ right fielder was poetry on the diamond, a five-tool player who helped his team to two World Series championships but amazingly was a bit underrated at the time.
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Jim Alexander, Oc Register, 13 Sep. 2025
For me, that ardor finds one of its moving expressions in a small poem in Eternal Enemies, my first encounter with Zagajewski’s poetry.
—Elaine L. Wang
september 11, Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2025
Ojeda is the author of the novels La desfiguración Silva (Premio Alba Narrativa, 2014), Nefando (Candaya, 2016), and Mandíbula (Candaya, 2018), as well as the poetry collections El ciclo de las piedras (Rastro de la Iguana, 2015) and Historia de la leche (Candaya, 2020).
—Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 11 Sep. 2025
His lyrics, once steeped in political protest, began veering into surreal, layered poetry.
—Jordan Runtagh, PEOPLE, 10 Sep. 2025
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Jim Alexander, Oc Register, 13 Sep. 2025
For me, that ardor finds one of its moving expressions in a small poem in Eternal Enemies, my first encounter with Zagajewski’s poetry.
—Elaine L. Wang
september 11, Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2025
Ojeda is the author of the novels La desfiguración Silva (Premio Alba Narrativa, 2014), Nefando (Candaya, 2016), and Mandíbula (Candaya, 2018), as well as the poetry collections El ciclo de las piedras (Rastro de la Iguana, 2015) and Historia de la leche (Candaya, 2020).
—Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 11 Sep. 2025
His lyrics, once steeped in political protest, began veering into surreal, layered poetry.
—Jordan Runtagh, PEOPLE, 10 Sep. 2025
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 14 Sep. 2025.
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