How to Use poem in a Sentence

poem

noun
  • He wrote a poem about his parents.
  • And the ghosts in this poem do eat.
    — Mckayla Coyle, Literary Hub, 14 Apr. 2026
  • But that poem is no smug cliché.
    — Judy Berman, Time, 8 Jan. 2026
  • Wong’s poem gives me all of this and more.
    — Mckayla Coyle, Literary Hub, 14 Apr. 2026
  • This isn’t a poem to the stars, but about them.
    — New York Times, 21 Apr. 2026
  • The poems were all going to look the same.
    — Literary Hub august 25, Literary Hub, 25 Aug. 2025
  • This is a poem written by the ear.
    — Christian Wiman, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025
  • On the eighth day God said this is what a poem is.
    — Literary Hub, 1 May 2026
  • The poems got funnier as the wine flowed.
    — Wendy Murphy, Boston Herald, 30 Dec. 2025
  • And there’s no trial in the poem.
    — Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune, 9 Mar. 2026
  • Courtney could have left the poem there.
    — Literary Hub, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Later in the poem, the tone shifts.
    — Miguel Sirgado, Miami Herald, 16 Apr. 2026
  • So many songs, poems, novels, films, and gags.
    — Literary Hub, 29 Jan. 2026
  • The poem promises no such thing.
    — Literary Hub, 20 Oct. 2025
  • The prompts read like tiny, abstract poems.
    — Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 20 Oct. 2025
  • The poem was not by Marlowe, for sure.
    — Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
  • From a grunt to a poem, Robin just has such a sweetness to it.
    — Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 22 June 2026
  • Stevens liked to compose poems on the walk from his home to the office.
    — René Ostberg, Encyclopedia Britannica, 7 May 2026
  • Not every poem about love is a love poem.
    — New York Times, 16 Jan. 2026
  • Part of the poem is painted on the side of a building near the new store.
    — Emma Stein, Detroit Free Press, 19 Aug. 2022
  • Which poem, and why did the killjoys at the magazine turn it down?
    — Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 22 Mar. 2026
  • Needing to write poems, in order to do both at the same time.
    — Leila Chatti september 5, Literary Hub, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Heaney wrote poems about healing.
    — Literary Hub, 5 Feb. 2026
  • This poem ached to swoon at the skill and ardor laid at her passerine feet.
    — Laura Reece Hogan, Scientific American, 1 June 2023
  • Carl Phillips on writing the poems that changed the course of his life.
    — Literary Hub, 27 Jan. 2026
  • Thadeus writes a poem for the woman and child transfixed by the cave mouth.
    — Han Ong, The New Yorker, 12 Jan. 2025
  • The group left with their poem, headed back to their classes.
    — Phaedra Trethan, USA TODAY, 23 Apr. 2024
  • Maybe that should be my next tattoo… Read the full poem here.
    — Jonny Diamond, Literary Hub, 2 Apr. 2026
  • Along with the poem will be all the names submitted by those from around the world.
    — Ashlyn Messier, Fox News, 27 Nov. 2023
  • Change things up at bedtime and read one of these quirky poems rather than a story.
    — Karen Cicero, Good Housekeeping, 10 July 2023

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