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a composition using rhythm and often rhyme to create a lyrical effect
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Recent Examples of poem
At her father’s graveside at kibbutz Nir Oz several weeks ago, Sharone Lifschitz read one of his poems to friends and family attending his headstone-setting ceremony, as the sound of bombs exploded a mile away in Gaza.
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Kara Fox, CNN Money, 3 May 2025
Fallen blossoms whisper on the damp earth, a fleeting poem of transience.
—Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 1 May 2025
The title, from a poem by the Tohono O’odham linguist Ofelia Zepeda, clings like juniper on skin.
—Petala Ironcloud, New York Times, 1 May 2025
Her university studies in philosophy and literature are evident in its design: A poem written in the movement’s cogs only aligns a few times a year (when the moon cycle and Gregorian calendar cycle meet) and can only be read if the watch is taken apart.
—Rosa Rahimi, CNN Money, 29 Apr. 2025
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Kara Fox, CNN Money, 3 May 2025
Fallen blossoms whisper on the damp earth, a fleeting poem of transience.
—Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 1 May 2025
The title, from a poem by the Tohono O’odham linguist Ofelia Zepeda, clings like juniper on skin.
—Petala Ironcloud, New York Times, 1 May 2025
Her university studies in philosophy and literature are evident in its design: A poem written in the movement’s cogs only aligns a few times a year (when the moon cycle and Gregorian calendar cycle meet) and can only be read if the watch is taken apart.
—Rosa Rahimi, CNN Money, 29 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for poem
Noun
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Glad All Over blared over the PA system and, even after the music concluded, its final verses were sung with gusto.—
Matt Woosnam,
New York Times,
21 May 2025
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Read our full test and review of more than a dozen stainless steel skillets The best sauté pan: The All-Clad D3 3-quart sauté pan All-Clad D3 3 Quart Sauté Pan $180 $150 Amazon Pros & cons Specs Next verse, same as the first.—
Wilder Davies,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
19 May 2025
Noun
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On the new version of the track, Laferte opens the song in Spanish, before St. Vincent joins in English as the two take turns tackling the song’s lyrics and their own language.—
Tomás Mier,
Rolling Stone,
23 May 2025
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The Beggar’s Opera, directed by Wills with an original score by the musical mastermind Schlosberg and a new book and lyrics by playwright Kate Tarker.—
Jackson McHenry,
Vulture,
22 May 2025
Noun
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However, Friday’s rendition marked the first time Bieber and SZA had performed the song together onstage.—
Daniel Kreps,
Rolling Stone,
24 May 2025
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Like Spotify, Apple Music's Home tab gives you quick access to new and familiar songs.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
24 May 2025
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Her poems of that era — sonnets, epigrams, eminently quotable snippets of rhymed gossip — pulse with the dynamism and attitude of the modern city.—
A.O. Scott,
New York Times,
30 Apr. 2025
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The title is borrowed from Elizabeth Alexander’s fourth collection persona poems, historical narratives, jazz riffs, sonnets, elegies, and a sequence of ars poetica which examines the Black experience through the lens of the slave rebellion on the Amistad and nineteenth-century American art.—
Natasha Gural,
Forbes.com,
4 Apr. 2025
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