Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
poem (noun)1.
a composition in verse
2.
something suggesting a poem (as in expressiveness, lyricism, or formal grace) - the house we stayed in … was itself a poem H. J. Laski
Merriam-Webster Online Thesaurus
poem (noun)a composition using rhythm and often rhyme to create a lyrical effect
SYNONIMS:
lyric, rune, song, verseRELATED WORDS:
rhyme ( rime); ballad, lay; anacreontic, clerihew, dithyramb, eclogue, elegy, English sonnet, epic, epigram, epode, epopee, epos, georgic, idyll ( idyl), jingle, lament, limerick, madrigal, ode, pastoral, pastorale, psalm, rondeau, rondel ( rondelle), rondelet, sonnet, triolet, villanelle; haiku, senryu, tanka; blank verse, free verse, minstrelsy, poesy, poetry, versification, vers libre