plural poems
: a piece of writing that usually has figurative language and that is written in separate lines that often have a repeated rhythm and sometimes rhyme
a love/epic poem
He wrote a poem about his parents.
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“Poem.” Merriam-Webster.com Simple Definition, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/simple/poem. Accessed 25 Apr. 2026.
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