poems

noun

plural of poem
as in verses
a composition using rhythm and often rhyme to create a lyrical effect your assignment is to write two poems about springtime

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Recent Examples of poems The poet Jack Spicer wrote that poems cannot live alone any more than people can. — Geoffrey O’Brien, The New York Review of Books, 22 Aug. 2026 Each program explores specific themes by weaving a variety of stories, poems, and sometimes music together. — Point Loma-Ob Monthly, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Aug. 2026 There are old photographs, as if from a family album, and poems. — Amitava Kumar, New Yorker, 19 Aug. 2026 In her poems, Marson gives voice to many moods of the Jamaican diaspora. — Anne E. Fernald, Literary Hub, 19 Aug. 2026 Lawrence Lewitinn is building an AI-native archive for his great-uncle’s works, which will systematize the artist’s sketches, pigment formulas, poems and color diagrams, along with his notes on color, perception and theory. — R. Daniel Foster, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026 Working in both color and in black and white, his subjects — sometimes family, sometimes random people, sometimes buildings or streets with nobody in sight — can have the warmth and intensity of his poems. — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 15 Aug. 2026 For Fried is, as his poems prove, a writer attuned to the shape of thought and the sound of a word. — Carlos Valladares, ARTnews.com, 14 Aug. 2026 The poems also are about fatherhood and the joy and anxiety surrounding it, especially as a Black father. — Terry Gross, NPR, 14 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for poems
  1. verses
  2. songs
  3. lyrics
  4. sonnets
Noun
  • Styles went on to play two verses and choruses of the song, originally released in 1974, and told the crowd to sing along on the first chorus.
    — Lars Brandle, Billboard, 27 Aug. 2026
  • In the first four verses, the speaker casts God in the role of a shepherd.
    — Frannie Comstock, Encyclopedia Britannica, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of verses
Noun
  • Deezer and YouTube Music also ask distributors to flag when songs are created by AI and use advanced tools to help flag when they're not marked correctly.
    — James Peckham, PC Magazine, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Debuting on December 12, 2025 on Disney+, the feature documents the last concert on the extensive tour, during which Swift performed songs from almost all of her albums ever released.
    — Katie Campione, Deadline, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of songs
Noun
  • Thompson will be joined by singer-songwriter Gary Clark, providing the music, with original lyrics by both her and Clark.
    — Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 27 Aug. 2026
  • His creative, direct lyrics and distinctive performance style serve as powerful assets in his bid to win over the public.
    — Tere Aguilera, Billboard, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of lyrics
Noun
  • People can and should be skeptical about the sonnets written about starting NFL quarterbacks every offseason, when no one is getting sacked and almost everyone looks good.
    — Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 30 July 2026
  • In his sonnets, Shakespeare pairs was with glass, and warmed with disarmed.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 25 June 2026
Definition of sonnets

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