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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
New and experienced poets can gather to read and share their poems.
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La Jolla Light, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Sep. 2025
The real bombshell was a birthday scrapbook that Maxwell put together for Epstein’s 50th birthday, full of doodles, poems, photos, and letters from people in his life.
—Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 9 Sep. 2025
The book was compiled by Epstein's co-conspirator Ghislaine Maxwell for his 50th birthday and reportedly contained poems, photos and greetings from academics, businesspeople, Epstein's childhood friends and more.
—Dan Gooding
gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025
Velasco advised a student with a talent for poetry to apply for the Oskar Knoblauch Holocaust Impact Video Contest using one of his poems.
—Erick Trevino, AZCentral.com, 7 Sep. 2025
Needing to write poems, in order to do both at the same time.
—Leila Chatti
september 5, Literary Hub, 5 Sep. 2025
The actor and writer, 65, confirmed that he wed his partner, florist Monique Pendleberry, earlier this year during a recent appearance on Today with Jenna & Friends to discuss his new book of poems, About Time, available on bookshelves now.
—Jessica Wang, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Sep. 2025
That applies to readers of poems as much as to well-curb-kneelers.
—A.o. Scott, New York Times, 27 Aug. 2025
Online in 2016 about how Wade treats her during the February holiday, adding that his poems are among the best gifts she's received.
—Lydia Price, People.com, 14 Feb. 2025
La Jolla Light, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Sep. 2025
The real bombshell was a birthday scrapbook that Maxwell put together for Epstein’s 50th birthday, full of doodles, poems, photos, and letters from people in his life.
—Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 9 Sep. 2025
The book was compiled by Epstein's co-conspirator Ghislaine Maxwell for his 50th birthday and reportedly contained poems, photos and greetings from academics, businesspeople, Epstein's childhood friends and more.
—Dan Gooding
gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025
Velasco advised a student with a talent for poetry to apply for the Oskar Knoblauch Holocaust Impact Video Contest using one of his poems.
—Erick Trevino, AZCentral.com, 7 Sep. 2025
Needing to write poems, in order to do both at the same time.
—Leila Chatti
september 5, Literary Hub, 5 Sep. 2025
The actor and writer, 65, confirmed that he wed his partner, florist Monique Pendleberry, earlier this year during a recent appearance on Today with Jenna & Friends to discuss his new book of poems, About Time, available on bookshelves now.
—Jessica Wang, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Sep. 2025
That applies to readers of poems as much as to well-curb-kneelers.
—A.o. Scott, New York Times, 27 Aug. 2025
Online in 2016 about how Wade treats her during the February holiday, adding that his poems are among the best gifts she's received.
—Lydia Price, People.com, 14 Feb. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for poems
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The film begins with our protagonist, Ahmed, carrying out his late father’s funeral rites while verses are read from an ancient Hindu text, the Bhagavad Gita.—
Lily Ford,
HollywoodReporter,
6 Sep. 2025
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Her pin-drop verses drew the crowd forward (one table up front must might as well have been the Official Emily King Fan Club; these people were ecstatic), and by the end, ringing choruses filled the room without ever getting harsh.—
David Hochman,
Forbes.com,
25 Aug. 2025
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Busta Rhymes also took the stage for a medley of his songs before he was honored with the Rock the Bells Visionary Award.—
Daysia Tolentino,
Entertainment Weekly,
8 Sep. 2025
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Interestingly, just like Lisa, BTS have won the Best K-Pop award for songs sung primarily in both Korean and English.—
Jeff Benjamin,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
Noun
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There are MCs out there that care and who have the utmost desire to bring the best bars, the best lyrics, the best subject matter, the best energy to every song and to every moment.—
Lynnette Nicholas,
Essence,
6 Sep. 2025
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Several other videos dubbing Skrilla's lyrics grew in popularity at the start of 2025.—
Greta Cross,
USA Today,
6 Sep. 2025
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These tablets from the end of the fourth millennium BCE show that writing did not emerge fully formed overnight, and that it was developed not to write sonnets, but receipts.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
26 Aug. 2025
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“Poems.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/poems. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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