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: a composition in verse
2
: something suggesting a poem (as in expressiveness, lyricism, or formal grace)
the house we stayed in … was itself a poem—
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H. J. LaskiExamples of poem in a Sentence
He wrote a poem about his parents.
your assignment is to write two poems about springtime
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Megan Sauer, CNBC, 24 Oct. 2025
There in the dark, a poem by my grandmother pops into my head.
—Rowan Jacobsen, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
Members of a youth orchestra outside of Kyiv know the new sounds of their country well and are working on a sonic poem about it.
—NPR, 24 Oct. 2025
Still, such men recorded the poems, songs, myths, stories and place names of Tonga, and without such records, the stories of (mythical?
—Literary Hub, 21 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for poem
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“Poem.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/poem. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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