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poem

po.em \'po--*m, -.em\ n [MF poeme, fr. L poema, fr. Gk poie-ma, fr. poiein] 
   1: a composition in verse  2: a piece of poetry communicating to the reader 
   the sense of a complete ex perience 3: a creation, experience, or object 
   likened to a poem