Synonyms of poems

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• verses
• songs
• lyrics
• sonnets
• poetries
• ballads
• rhymes
• runes
• limericks
• elegies
• epigrams
• odes
• psalms
• haiku
• madrigals
• pastorals
• eclogues
• triolets
• idylls
• villanelles
• dithyrambs
• tankas
• senryu
• poesies
• epics
• pastorales
• jingles
• English sonnets
• georgics
• rondeaux
• epodes
• lays
• clerihews
• laments
• versifications
• eposes
• rondelles
• vers libres
• rondelets
• anacreontics
• epopees
• free verses
• blank verses
• minstrelsies

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of poems

The prolific and acclaimed writer and activist used his liberal beliefs and his agrarian roots in Kentucky to craft novels, poems and essays connecting the natural world to humankind. — Bethanne Patrick, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026

This beautiful retrospective volume shows a poet developing steadily, from the graceful descriptions and encoded trauma of the poems from the 1990s through the loosening music and political engagement of the books of the last ten years. — Craig Morgan Teicher, Literary Hub, 1 Oct. 2026

Some contain inscriptions of short poems, according to the Dave the Potter Legacy Trust, which is run by his living relatives. — Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 30 Sep. 2026

Drawing on a variety of sources—from philosophical treatises to poems and popular jokes—this compact study shows how writers of the Roman era rendered animals, domestic and wild, as imperial subjects. — The New Yorker, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2026

Instead of collectivity, there is a certain kind of animal community, or one that the poems’ speakers—children, old men, drunks, prostitutes—often stand apart from. — Max Norman, Harpers Magazine, 22 Sep. 2026