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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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He's been the subject of poems and stories, movies and songs, invoked as the judge of naughty or nice, the recipient of countless cookies and glasses of milk to sustain him on his journey.
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Michael Hoge, arkansasonline.com, 22 Dec. 2024
My maternal grandfather, who left school in 1917, could remember hundreds of lines of poems from his school days well into the 1970s.
—Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 20 Dec. 2024
The Genesis Of Live in Suspense Groff explains that the title of his latest book emerged from a pivotal moment captured in one of the poems.
—Court Stroud, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
Facts, dates in history, all that, yes, but not poems (or names).
—Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 20 Dec. 2024
Turn their stories into poems, bring their memories to life, and celebrate their unique knowledge with personal quizzes.
—Jodie Cook, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
Here in the land made famous by Wordsworth and Coleridge, whose meditative ambles inspired some of the greatest poems of the Romantic period, walkers set off for seven days.
—Everett Potter, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
Time and again, her poems land on faith as the fuel to catapult us to a yonder she’s dreamed of exploring since her girlhood in Knoxville and Cincinnati.
—L. Lamar Wilson, Los Angeles Times, 15 Dec. 2024
English Pen, a human rights organization, translated one of her poems to raise awareness.
—Salma Abdelaziz, CNN, 13 Dec. 2024
Michael Hoge, arkansasonline.com, 22 Dec. 2024
My maternal grandfather, who left school in 1917, could remember hundreds of lines of poems from his school days well into the 1970s.
—Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 20 Dec. 2024
The Genesis Of Live in Suspense Groff explains that the title of his latest book emerged from a pivotal moment captured in one of the poems.
—Court Stroud, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
Facts, dates in history, all that, yes, but not poems (or names).
—Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 20 Dec. 2024
Turn their stories into poems, bring their memories to life, and celebrate their unique knowledge with personal quizzes.
—Jodie Cook, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
Here in the land made famous by Wordsworth and Coleridge, whose meditative ambles inspired some of the greatest poems of the Romantic period, walkers set off for seven days.
—Everett Potter, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
Time and again, her poems land on faith as the fuel to catapult us to a yonder she’s dreamed of exploring since her girlhood in Knoxville and Cincinnati.
—L. Lamar Wilson, Los Angeles Times, 15 Dec. 2024
English Pen, a human rights organization, translated one of her poems to raise awareness.
—Salma Abdelaziz, CNN, 13 Dec. 2024
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“Poems.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/poems. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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