poem

noun
/ˈpəʊ.ɪm/

A literary piece written in verse.

Other meanings

A piece of writing in the tradition of poetry, an instance of poetry.
A piece of poetic writing, that is with an intensity or depth of expression or inspiration greater than is usual in prose.

Synonyms

verse form

Related words

antipoem
cyberpoem
ecopoem
holopoem
hyperpoem
metapoem
mythopoem
piem
poemette
poemless
poemlet
poemlike

Example sentences

“Is this a poem? I can't tell.”
Tatoeba · Miktsoanit · CC0
“This was a poem.”
Tatoeba · AmarMecheri · CC0
“That wasn't a poem.”
Tatoeba · shekitten · CC0

Word history

From Ancient Greek "ποίημα".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “poem” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.