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: 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
H. J. Laski
Examples 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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Paradoxically the poem invites us to dwell in that vast sonic space that is the silence of poetry and the worlds that emanate from there.
—Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 24 Oct. 2024
The poet also had an original poem commissioned by NASA that was launched into space on the Europa Clipper mission earlier this month.
—Pamela Avila, USA TODAY, 24 Oct. 2024
Healy wrote and read aloud a poem about the couple’s relationship, gleaned from loving insights shared by family and friends.
—Elise Taylor, Vogue, 24 Oct. 2024
Read the poems that Edgar Allan Poe (probably could have) composed while lost in a corn maze.
—Ian Crouch, The New Yorker, 18 Oct. 2024
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Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 24 Oct. 2024
The poet also had an original poem commissioned by NASA that was launched into space on the Europa Clipper mission earlier this month.
—Pamela Avila, USA TODAY, 24 Oct. 2024
Healy wrote and read aloud a poem about the couple’s relationship, gleaned from loving insights shared by family and friends.
—Elise Taylor, Vogue, 24 Oct. 2024
Read the poems that Edgar Allan Poe (probably could have) composed while lost in a corn maze.
—Ian Crouch, The New Yorker, 18 Oct. 2024
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“Poem.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/poem. Accessed 4 Nov. 2024.
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