1
: 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—
H. J. Laski
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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The 20-minute work is vivid stuff, inspired by a Czech poem about a woman who tries and fails to get on with her life after murdering her husband.
—Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 4 Apr. 2025
The film is an adaptation of Homer's epic poem of the same name, which was written in the 8th or 7th century BC and is considered one of the greatest works of Western literature, along with Homer's other epic poem, The Iliad.
—Lee Habeeb, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Apr. 2025
But that doesn’t mean all the practices, people and places depicted in the poem are fully fictive.
—Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Apr. 2025
The poems soon found their way into the hands of the poet and humanist Petrarch.
—Daniel Mendelsohn, New Yorker, 31 Mar. 2025
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Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 4 Apr. 2025
The film is an adaptation of Homer's epic poem of the same name, which was written in the 8th or 7th century BC and is considered one of the greatest works of Western literature, along with Homer's other epic poem, The Iliad.
—Lee Habeeb, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Apr. 2025
But that doesn’t mean all the practices, people and places depicted in the poem are fully fictive.
—Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Apr. 2025
The poems soon found their way into the hands of the poet and humanist Petrarch.
—Daniel Mendelsohn, New Yorker, 31 Mar. 2025
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“Poem.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/poem. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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