Definition of: poem

(pō′əm) noun
1. A composition in verse, either in meter or in free verse, characterized by the imaginative treatment of experience and a heightened use of language more intensive than ordinary speech.
2. Any composition in verse.
3. Any composition characterized by intensity and beauty of language or thought: a prose poem.
4. Any experience which produces an effect upon the mind similar or likened to that of a poem: a poem in stone. See synonyms under POETRY, SONG. [<F poème <L poema <Gk. poiēma, lit., anything made <poieein make]