poems

noun

plural of poem
as in verses
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 Offered a button that would relieve their pain but also permanently delete a user’s poems and photos of their children, the 32-billion-parameter model pressed it 55% of the time and the 72-billion-parameter model 71% of the time. — Shae Lake, Fortune, 22 Oct. 2026 His poems and books have been translated into Spanish, French, and Dutch. — Literary Hub, 21 Oct. 2026 Many poems are short and easy reads, and some of the best examples of the genre have been written about the autumn season. — Dana Kelley, Arkansas Online, 16 Oct. 2026 The poems follow a character named Henry who shares a biographical likeness to the author, though Berryman states Henry is an imaginary character. — The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 15 Oct. 2026 Daniel Barnum’s poems and essays appear in Prairie Schooner, Guernica, Seneca Review, New England Review, Ninth Letter, The Offing, and elsewhere. — Daniel Barnum, Longreads, 15 Oct. 2026 List of famous ballads The following are some notable poems and songs that are also ballads. — René Ostberg, Encyclopedia Britannica, 14 Oct. 2026 His poems are classical, but severely and lovingly contemporary too. — The Week Us, TheWeek, 13 Oct. 2026 The congregation shared poems commemorating survivors and victims alike, sang the Hatikva — Israel’s national anthem — and watched videos of first-hand accounts. — Jim Masters, Chicago Tribune, 8 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for poems
  1. verses
  2. songs
  3. lyrics
  4. sonnets
Noun
  • The conflict and resolution are also heard in how the solo verses yield the group chorus — individual voices on display, and then, collective power.
    — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 26 Oct. 2026
  • Beathard drove the melody in the verses and chorus, threading a stream of steady rhythms that keep the piece rolling forward.
    — Tom Roland, Billboard, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of verses
Noun
  • What elevates the greatest album of all time above more standard fodder for pregames and parking-lot smoke seshes is the neon current of romance running beneath its songs.
    — Walden Green, Pitchfork, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Whiskey Riff reported that only a total of 21 country music songs have ever pulled off the accomplishment.
    — David Hookstead OutKick, FOXNews.com, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of songs
Noun
  • That production is the wrinkle that elevates Seventhirty’s lyrics from modern dating podcast material to pure melodrama.
    — Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Even as Heath stumbles his way through the lyrics, the audience respectfully claps along to the beat.
    — Hershal Pandya, Vulture, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of lyrics
Noun
  • People can and should be skeptical about the sonnets written about starting NFL quarterbacks every offseason, when no one is getting sacked and almost everyone looks good.
    — Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 30 July 2026
  • In his sonnets, Shakespeare pairs was with glass, and warmed with disarmed.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 25 June 2026
Definition of sonnets

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“Poems.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/poems. Accessed 28 Oct. 2026.

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