poetrypo‧et‧ry /ˈpəʊətri $ ˈpoʊ-/ ●●● W3 noun [uncountable] 
Examples
He reads a lot of poetry. a poetry magazinemodern/lyric/love etc poetry a selection of religious poetry2a quality of beauty, gracefulness, and deep feelingpure/sheer poetry The way she moves on the court is sheer poetry. His golf swing is poetry in motion.COLLOCATIONSverbswrite poetry· I didn't know you wrote poetry.learn poetry· He made us learn a lot of poetry by heart.recite poetry (=say it to people from memory)· Occasionally, my father would recite the poetry of Baudelaire.phrasesa piece of poetry· We had to memorize a piece of poetry.a line of poetry· She often quoted lines of poetry.a book/volume/collection of poetry· He had two books of poetry published.poetry + NOUNa poetry reading (=when poems are read to people, usually by the writer)· I used to like giving poetry readings.a poetry book· He has just brought out another poetry book.a poetry anthology (=a book of poems by different people)· a poetry anthology containing work by modern Liverpool poetsadjectivesEnglish/French/Greek etc poetry· He was a student of English poetry.modern/contemporary poetry· She finds modern poetry difficult.
ExamplesEXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
Thesaurus- a poetry class
- He read me some of his poetry.
- The way she moves is pure poetry.
- And yet with what poetry did this petty man long for his niche and his pleasures.
- Aristotle scorned history as being unselective, whereas poetry and myth were not.
- As a piece of poetry, it seems a fairly conventional summoning of royal emblems.
- But Gary in his slow strangled voice spoke a kind of poetry as he told me about his previous life.
- His taste for poetry too reflects his tutor's skill.
- Quite clearly, Hausmann acknowledged its connection with Dada poetry.
- The commercial streets are filled with upscale shops, art galleries, outdoor cafes and bookstores where poetry readings are held.
THESAURUSpoems► poetry
Collocations poems in general, or the art of writing them: · He reads a lot of poetry.· She wrote poetry and children’s stories.· a poetry book
► verse words arranged in the form of poetry: · a book of comic verse
► anthology a set of poems by different people collected together in one book: · an anthology of Caribbean poetry
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COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRYverbs► write poetry
Word family· I didn't know you wrote poetry.
► learn poetry· He made us learn a lot of poetry by heart.
► recite poetry (=say it to people from memory)· Occasionally, my father would recite the poetry of Baudelaire.
phrases► a piece of poetry· We had to memorize a piece of poetry.
► a line of poetry· She often quoted lines of poetry.
► a book/volume/collection of poetry· He had two books of poetry published.
poetry + NOUN► a poetry reading (=when poems are read to people, usually by the writer)· I used to like giving poetry readings.
► a poetry book· He has just brought out another poetry book.
► a poetry anthology (=a book of poems by different people)· a poetry anthology containing work by modern Liverpool poets
adjectives► English/French/Greek etc poetry· He was a student of English poetry.
► modern/contemporary poetry· She finds modern poetry difficult.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► a film/music/poetry etc award· the annual British music awards
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE► early· The Rock opens with the seasonal fertility cycle which had horrified the trapped Eliot of the earlier poetry and the dramatic fragments.· So you read it all through, straight, and the enigmatic force of his early poetry strikes you again.· Yet it is a pity that, as a corollary, his earlier and later poetry is left unread.
► great· Of course he acquired some better habits, such as that great liking for poetry and music.· In his spare hours, he played the flute and read a great deal of poetry.· She spoke a great deal about poetry.· Evidently she read a great deal of poetry.
► lyric· His idiosyncratic usage is at once fascinating for analysis and a warning against making unwary generalisations about lyric poetry.· Few critics join Ortega in refusing women even the conditions necessary to write lyric poetry on sentimental themes.· Bakhtin is unusual among literary critics in making the focus of his activity the novel rather than lyric poetry or drama.· There are no special deictic terms or elements to be found in lyric poetry.· Folk-song is the direct ancestor of lyric poetry, and the simplest artistic form that unites the Apolline and the Dionysiac.· In sum, lyric poetry is dependent on the spirit of music, while music itself is independent of language.· Thus we can see that the discourse of lyric poetry is by no means unusual in its mobilisation of deixis.· Within literary discourses, it seems that lyric poetry is the genre least likely to assist us.
► pure· The work was completed, the Tyndalls eventually passed away and now the University has a music Department housed in pure poetry.· He wished to put in a plea for the teaching of pure poetry in the primary school.
NOUN► love· Then again, poets seem able to turn bad love - selfish, shitty love into good love poetry.· And they write this stuff called love poetry.· Tell me how you write love poetry which is objective, scientific, and devoid of any personal presence.
► reading· As audience he used occasionally to come to my poetry readings in the seventies and eighties.· The commercial streets are filled with upscale shops, art galleries, outdoor cafes and bookstores where poetry readings are held.· It was the internationalism of the 1965 poetry reading, cultural, post-Beat, off-beat, and art-oriented.· Reception, Saturday, 6 to 9 p. m., with music, hosted bar and poetry readings.· At the many poetry readings we set up for Andrei Voznesensky there were no protest interruptions.· There were films to see and poetry readings to attend in small, smoky bars, all affordable for impoverished artists.· The poetry reading at the institute.· It's summer 1992, a poetry reading evening in a working men's club.
VERB► begin· The Waste Land begins a new poetry, or seeks to, but also marks the reborn post-war society.· He began writing poetry in college and continues to this day.· Felix's wife began to recite her poetry, and wondered about his air fare, and gave him some coffee.· He began to write poetry while imprisoned for attempting to reform his Carmelite order.· Dramatic as all that was, I did not really begin writing poetry till three to four years afterwards.
► publish· In 1964-5, with John Hopkins, he set up Love Books, specifically to publish experimental writing and poetry.· Between 1906 and 1936 she published five volumes of poetry, seven novels, and a number of short stories.
► read· There are some who have stolen from banks, there are some who have read poetry in Pushkin Square in Moscow.· Her sister read poetry, searching out lines to quote.· It is true that he had never read my poetry.· The parent who loves reading poetry aloud should by all means read poetry.· I refrained, saying that I could never in any circumstances read poetry aloud in public.· To what extent students on such a degree would also need to read poetry in another language is a difficult question.· Carr likes to read and write poetry and essays.
► write· Poets whose work was not specialized, however, also wrote poetry.· Williams was a burly, goateed former Marine who wrote poetry.· A poet must write poetry and a musician must make music - or they will never be happy.· Carr likes to read and write poetry and essays.· He discusses the benefits for all learners of listening to, reading and writing poetry.· He began writing poetry in college and continues to this day.· He wrote poetry and was a skilled musician and painter.· He still loves music, drama, and writes poetry. 4.
WORD FAMILYnounpoempoetpoetryadjectivepoeticadverbpoetically
1poems in general, or the art of writing them → poem, poet: He reads a lot of poetry. a poetry magazinemodern/lyric/love etc poetry a selection of religious poetry2a quality of beauty, gracefulness, and deep feelingpure/sheer poetry The way she moves on the court is sheer poetry. His golf swing is poetry in motion.COLLOCATIONSverbswrite poetry· I didn't know you wrote poetry.learn poetry· He made us learn a lot of poetry by heart.recite poetry (=say it to people from memory)· Occasionally, my father would recite the poetry of Baudelaire.phrasesa piece of poetry· We had to memorize a piece of poetry.a line of poetry· She often quoted lines of poetry.a book/volume/collection of poetry· He had two books of poetry published.poetry + NOUNa poetry reading (=when poems are read to people, usually by the writer)· I used to like giving poetry readings.a poetry book· He has just brought out another poetry book.a poetry anthology (=a book of poems by different people)· a poetry anthology containing work by modern Liverpool poetsadjectivesEnglish/French/Greek etc poetry· He was a student of English poetry.modern/contemporary poetry· She finds modern poetry difficult.