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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 whimsical term has also been the title of countless poems, songs and books about remarkable coincidences or eureka moments.
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Juliana Kim, NPR, 7 Jan. 2026
In addition to sharing poems that reminded him of Murphy, LaChappelle posted a lengthy caption with his own musings.
—Angela Andaloro, PEOPLE, 5 Jan. 2026
Special Agent Kitts leads the hunt for a serial killer who leaves obscure mathematical formulas and twisted poems of retribution by the bodies.
—News Release, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Jan. 2026
Bell’s gems of poems are always as carefully and delicately crafted as her artist’s books.
—Literary Hub, 2 Jan. 2026
Dante’s Divine Comedy almost joined the ranks of the great unfinished poems in literary history.
—Eric Bulson, The Atlantic, 2 Jan. 2026
These poems are plainspoken, emotionally direct, haunted by the past and the inexorability of time.
—Vince Passaro, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025
The poems got funnier as the wine flowed.
—Wendy Murphy, Boston Herald, 30 Dec. 2025
The filmmaker boldly eschews traditional narrative structure in favor of sequences built around poems by Gong and some of his classmates.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 29 Dec. 2025
Juliana Kim, NPR, 7 Jan. 2026
In addition to sharing poems that reminded him of Murphy, LaChappelle posted a lengthy caption with his own musings.
—Angela Andaloro, PEOPLE, 5 Jan. 2026
Special Agent Kitts leads the hunt for a serial killer who leaves obscure mathematical formulas and twisted poems of retribution by the bodies.
—News Release, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Jan. 2026
Bell’s gems of poems are always as carefully and delicately crafted as her artist’s books.
—Literary Hub, 2 Jan. 2026
Dante’s Divine Comedy almost joined the ranks of the great unfinished poems in literary history.
—Eric Bulson, The Atlantic, 2 Jan. 2026
These poems are plainspoken, emotionally direct, haunted by the past and the inexorability of time.
—Vince Passaro, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025
The poems got funnier as the wine flowed.
—Wendy Murphy, Boston Herald, 30 Dec. 2025
The filmmaker boldly eschews traditional narrative structure in favor of sequences built around poems by Gong and some of his classmates.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 29 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for poems
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And the sensual images these verses bring to mind—nightingales and angels and silks—make this collection ideal for evenings beside the hearth.—
The Atlantic Culture Desk,
The Atlantic,
26 Dec. 2025
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The 15-track project finds the cousins fully leaning into their corridos foundation, trading verses and melodies in their signature raspy delivery — but also tapping into elevated production and angelic choir arrangements between songs.—
Tomás Mier,
Rolling Stone,
26 Dec. 2025
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Lopez often changed the familiar pop arrangements of her songs to fit a moody, zesty energy.—
Skyler Caruso,
PEOPLE,
12 Jan. 2026
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Demonstrators waved flags, chanted slogans, and sang songs in support of Iranians facing a violent government crackdown.—
Da Lin,
CBS News,
12 Jan. 2026
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Ejae, who wrote the lyrics and provided the singing voice for the film's character Rumi, accepted the award.—
Aliza Chasan,
CBS News,
12 Jan. 2026
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Contemplating passing seasons and dead flowers, Weir’s deep, lava lamp-like flow of a vocal is as sadly ruminative as Barlow’s lyrics.—
A.D. Amorosi,
Variety,
11 Jan. 2026
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Some have suggested that the Bard had romantic liaisons with men, in part implied by sonnets that are charged with homoerotic elements.—
Nathan Smith,
Time,
26 Nov. 2025
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Seamus Heaney’s sonnets about Northern Ireland in the 1970s and Annie Ernaux’s memoirs of France in the 1960s propose indirect but approachable ways of engaging with personal and national history.—
Walt Hunter,
The Atlantic,
9 Oct. 2025
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“Poems.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/poems. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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