/ ˈpəʊɪm; NAmE ˈpoʊəm/ noun
a piece of writing in which the words are chosen for their sound and the images they suggest, not just for their obvious meanings. The words are arranged in separate lines, usually with a repeated rhythm, and often the lines rhyme at the end.
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WORD ORIGIN
late 15th cent.: from French poème or Latin poema , from Greek poēma , early variant of poiēma fiction, poem, from poiein create.