1
: a composition in verse
2
: something suggesting a poem (as in expressiveness, lyricism, or formal grace)
the house we stayed in … was itself a poem—
H. J. Laski
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He wrote a poem about his parents.
your assignment is to write two poems about springtime
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The truth is that Korby won Christine over with kindness and a Pablo Neruda poem.
—Keith Phipps, Vulture, 17 July 2025
Like a poem, happiness is under no onus to mean something other than itself.
—Matthew Carey Salyer, Forbes.com, 17 July 2025
No physical copies of The Song of Wade have survived, forcing historians to speculate about what exactly the poem may have said.
—Christian Thorsberg, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 July 2025
The Song of Wade — an incredibly popular poem from the Medieval period — was always believed to be a fantastical epic about monsters based on a reading of some of the only surviving lines of the poem.
—Stephanie Edwards, Discover Magazine, 16 July 2025
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Keith Phipps, Vulture, 17 July 2025
Like a poem, happiness is under no onus to mean something other than itself.
—Matthew Carey Salyer, Forbes.com, 17 July 2025
No physical copies of The Song of Wade have survived, forcing historians to speculate about what exactly the poem may have said.
—Christian Thorsberg, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 July 2025
The Song of Wade — an incredibly popular poem from the Medieval period — was always believed to be a fantastical epic about monsters based on a reading of some of the only surviving lines of the poem.
—Stephanie Edwards, Discover Magazine, 16 July 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 29 Jul. 2025.
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