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a composition using rhythm and often rhyme to create a lyrical effect
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Recent Examples of poem
Its origin is traced back to Homer's epic poem The Odyssey.
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Sari Hitchins, Parents, 3 July 2025
New poems to memorize, to ingest, to hold, to float upon.
—Literary Hub
july 1, Literary Hub, 1 July 2025
The 90-minute, time-hopping play weaves facts with fiction and contemporary tragedy with an ancient Greek poem in the moving and often funny story of one woman’s 20-year cycle of grief and recovery.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 June 2025
The poem has served as a march by a variety of armies over the years, and the recording is frightening enough to have been used for its psychological impact by the U.S. military in its SERE (Survival, Evasion, Resistance, and Escape) schools.
—Jem Aswad, Variety, 20 June 2025
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Sari Hitchins, Parents, 3 July 2025
New poems to memorize, to ingest, to hold, to float upon.
—Literary Hub
july 1, Literary Hub, 1 July 2025
The 90-minute, time-hopping play weaves facts with fiction and contemporary tragedy with an ancient Greek poem in the moving and often funny story of one woman’s 20-year cycle of grief and recovery.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 June 2025
The poem has served as a march by a variety of armies over the years, and the recording is frightening enough to have been used for its psychological impact by the U.S. military in its SERE (Survival, Evasion, Resistance, and Escape) schools.
—Jem Aswad, Variety, 20 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for poem
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Unexpectedly, he's been taking it upon himself to continue quoting verses, stepping into the role of a preacher.—
Liz O'Connell,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 July 2025
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As the rapper twerks and lip-syncs to her verse, Bieber kisses her on the temple before joining her in grooving to the track.—
Hannah Dailey,
Billboard,
11 July 2025
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In between some more lusty lyrics for his wife, Swag includes some choice samples from a recent viral video of him confronting a swath of paparazzi who were stalking him.—
Brittany Spanos,
Rolling Stone,
11 July 2025
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Those aren’t the saddest lyrics in the world, right?—
Ed Masley,
AZCentral.com,
11 July 2025
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The concert was a marvelous blend of contemporary jazz and world music compositions, orchestrated traditional Hebrew and Lebanese inspired songs sung in Cohen’s hauntingly beautiful voice, as well as classical works.—
Joanne Shurvell,
Forbes.com,
11 July 2025
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For now, those Swifties will just have to be content with Kelce singing a song with his brother and podcast co-host, Jason.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
11 July 2025
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Almost too passionately anguished, Austen is a sonnet played on the fortepiano, while Winslet is Liszt banged out on a Steinway.—
Tom Gliatto,
People.com,
19 July 2025
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The poem was published in Shakespeare’s 1609 quarto of 154 sonnets, which wasn’t widely popular in its day.—
Sonja Anderson,
Smithsonian Magazine,
10 Mar. 2025
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“Poem.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/poem. Accessed 24 Jul. 2025.
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