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.
Recent Examples on the Web
Hideko Takamine stars as Fumiko, a poor young woman who does manual labor and works as a bar hostess while writing poetry and prose that confront her struggle to survive alongside the feckless and brutal men in her life.
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Hilton Als, New Yorker, 16 May 2025
Ancient Chinese poetry is often nonfiction, including first-person accounts of everyday life and observations of nature, the authors explained.
—Marlowe Starling, CNN Money, 14 May 2025
This week, Denim Tears unveils Sweet Corner, a nostalgic, deeply personal collection rooted in the everyday poetry of Jamaica, Queens.
—Karissa Mitchell, Essence, 14 May 2025
Really? Decades ago, at Albertus Magnus College, my class in modern poetry was taught by Sister Norma, a dynamic nun who had written her Ph.D. dissertation on William Butler Yeats.
—Patricia Schultheis, Baltimore Sun, 11 May 2025
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Hilton Als, New Yorker, 16 May 2025
Ancient Chinese poetry is often nonfiction, including first-person accounts of everyday life and observations of nature, the authors explained.
—Marlowe Starling, CNN Money, 14 May 2025
This week, Denim Tears unveils Sweet Corner, a nostalgic, deeply personal collection rooted in the everyday poetry of Jamaica, Queens.
—Karissa Mitchell, Essence, 14 May 2025
Really? Decades ago, at Albertus Magnus College, my class in modern poetry was taught by Sister Norma, a dynamic nun who had written her Ph.D. dissertation on William Butler Yeats.
—Patricia Schultheis, Baltimore Sun, 11 May 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 28 May. 2025.
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