Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A verbal composition designed to convey experiences, ideas, or emotions in a vivid and imaginative way, characterized by the use of language chosen for its sound and suggestive power and by the use of literary techniques such as meter, metaphor, and rhyme.
- noun A composition in verse rather than in prose.
- noun A literary composition written with an intensity or beauty of language more characteristic of poetry than of prose.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A written composition in metrical form; a composition characterized by its arrangement in verses or measures, whether in blank verse or in rime: as, a lyric poem; a pastoral poem.
- noun A written composition which, though not in verse, is characterized by imaginative and poetic beauty in either the thought or the language: as, a prose poem.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A metrical composition; a composition in verse written in certain measures, whether in blank verse or in rhyme, and characterized by imagination and poetic diction; -- contradistinguished from
prose . - noun A composition, not in verse, of which the language is highly imaginative or impassioned
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
literary piece written inverse . - noun A piece of
writing in the tradition ofpoetry , an instance ofpoetry . - noun A piece of
poetic writing , that is with anintensity or depth of expression or inspiration greater than is usual inprose .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a composition written in metrical feet forming rhythmical lines
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Here's some of the title poem of What Work Is, with a soundtrack of Levine reading it.
Jan Herman: Philip Levine's Factory Stiffs, Society's Throw-Aways Jan Herman 2011
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These lines are from the title poem of her last collection, about a park in her Morningside Heights neighborhood:
The Life and Death and Art of Rachel Wetzsteon Con Chapman 2011
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What's the inspiration for the title poem of your new book?
Back With the Zodiac Steven Kurutz 2011
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Here's some of the title poem of What Work Is, with a soundtrack of Levine reading it.
Jan Herman: Philip Levine's Factory Stiffs, Society's Throw-Aways Jan Herman 2011
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The title poem from Andy Hopkins' Dark Horse Pictures is featured in the current edition episode #219 of Larry Winfield's excellent Sundown Lounge podcast.
Archive 2010-06-01 Philistine Press 2010
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Poet Sage Cohen then presented the first of our poetry moments, reading to us the title poem from her poetry book Like the Heart, the World.
Event Recap: Portland Bridge and Poetry Walk with Wortman and Cohen - Reading Local: Portland 2010
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Nye, who grew up in San Antonio and Jerusalem, sketches vignettes of the praying methods of Muslim shepherds, embroiderers, and pilgrims in the title poem from her first book.
Celebrating Ramadan: Poems of Muslim Faith and Islamic Culture 2010
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The title poem celebrates “freedom for the soul,” for instance, and “Happy Hour” honors the “breathless wonder” of life on earth.
Points of the compass - 3 David McDuff 2010
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The title poem describes a round with a beautiful woman, never to be seen again, who inspires the protagonist to shoot his best-ever score.
The Poetry of Golf 2010
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The title poem from Andy Hopkins' Dark Horse Pictures is featured in the current edition episode #219 of Larry Winfield's excellent Sundown Lounge podcast.
Andy Hopkins on Sundown Lounge Philistine Press 2010
brtom commented on the word poem
A great poem is for ages and ages in common, and for all degrees and complexions, and all departments and sects, and for a woman as much as a man, and a man as much as a woman. A great poem is no finish to a man or woman, but rather a beginning. Whitman, Preface 1855
December 9, 2006
muamor commented on the word poem
jackass comrade ornate sofa
deck-a-bitch wah
caterpillar charlatan
vag disgrace
truth impulsive
dubious
prudent
scapegoat
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Sometimes the recent words list turns into a creepy poem in me head.
February 28, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word poem
Me too, muamor! Here's to creepy poetry!
February 28, 2008
pterodactyl commented on the word poem
See this map for American pronunciation.
April 10, 2008
hernesheir commented on the word poem
From the "recently viewed" column on Wordnik, a series of consecutive entries:
crackwhore
suddenly and swiftly driven heavenwards
perceptually
bridling up at the mysterious air
chassé-croisé
the lips of the wise
November 8, 2011
sionnach commented on the word poem
lonely starlet
blue-winged
standeth
like beats
pentatomic
November 8, 2011
kmalhotra612 commented on the word poem
A poem is a verbal and literary composition which is written both in verse and prose. It delivers the emotions, experiences and ideas of a person in a very inventive and pictorial format. It is written with an intense beauty using one or more literary techniques including rhyme, rhythm, meter, alliteration, metaphor and many more. The words are chosen for a poetry to heighten the language as well as the suggestive power of its sense.
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March 5, 2016