Clues for the word "POETRY"
We've had 68 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 77 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Daily Cryptic crossword on January 06, 2026.
Definition of poetry
- n. - The art of apprehending and interpreting ideas by the faculty of imagination; the art of idealizing in thought and in expression.
- n. - Imaginative language or composition, whether expressed rhythmically or in prose. Specifically: Metrical composition; verse; rhyme; poems collectively; as, heroic poetry; dramatic poetry; lyric or Pindaric poetry.
Referring Clues
- Emily Dickinson's field
- Frost production
- Works with meters
- Start of a quote by 50-Across
- Bookstore section
- "The bill and coo of sex" per Elbert Hubbard
- Pablo Neruda's work
- Burns art
- John Masefield's field
- Frost's forte
- Metered output
- Verse
- Prose counterpart
- Limericks and sonnets
- Wordsworth works
- Maya Angelou's forte
- Metered lines
- It may be performed at a slam
- "The breath and finer spirit of all knowledge," according to Wordsworth
- Man phoebe snow sang about
- Verses
- Byron's field
- 14-Across, e.g.
- Emily Dickinson's output
- Library section
- It may be in motion
- Wordsworth words
- Frost lines?
- Rhyming verses
- Longfellow's forte
- Rhymes
- Wordsworth line
- Odes, e.g.
- What poets make
- "The Writer's Almanac" subject
- Lyrics, sometimes
- "The best words in the best order"
- US author has to hear literary work
- Sonnets, limericks etc
- Mystery writer's attempt with "The Raven", etc
- American who wrote score for work of 7
- Literary form of essay by American author
- American who wrote essay and verse
- Literary work of American author on success in rugby
- Writer has to test his work?
- American writer with essay in verse
- See 16 Across
- Author to have a shot at verse
- Writer gets to attempt creative writing
- American writer to have a go at work that rhymes?
- American writer to attempt verse
- Lines shot past author
- Favourite lines about love in this, maybe?
- Fancy foot work?
- Did Elgar Allan have a shot at it?
- Rhyming writing
- "The only thing that matters": cummings
- Verse works
- Typically, in a slim volume one may write it or type, perhaps
- It sometimes rhymes
- Joyce Kilmer's works
- Pulitzer category
- Bookstore category
- It's sometimes said to be in motion
- See 56-Down
- "___ Is Not a Luxury": essay by Audre Lorde
- Ocean Vuong specialty
- It's a "tyrannical discipline," said Sylvia Plath
Last Seen In
- Daily Cryptic - January 06, 2026
- New York Times - January 04, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - July 14, 2025
- LA Times - June 10, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - March 28, 2025
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - October 09, 2024
- Evening Standard Cryptic - May 08, 2024
- Daily American - May 02, 2024
- Daily Cryptic - January 06, 2024
- New York Times - December 09, 2023
- USA Today - December 21, 2022
- USA Today - October 22, 2022
- USA Today - January 17, 2018
- Daily Cryptic - January 06, 2018
- Netword - November 17, 2017
- Penny Dell Daily - June 15, 2017
- Penny Dell Daily - February 20, 2017
- Rock n Roll Crossword - October 16, 2016
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - May 05, 2016
- Pat Sajack's Code Letter - May 04, 2016
- Universal - November 08, 2015
- Guardian Cryptic - October 23, 2015
- Pat Sajack's Code Letter - June 21, 2015
- Chronicle of Higher Education - March 27, 2015
- USA Today - November 05, 2014
- Guardian Prize - June 07, 2014
- Washington Post - May 29, 2014
- Guardian Prize - January 04, 2014
- Rock n Roll Crossword - September 22, 2013
- Guardian Quiptic - July 22, 2013
- And in 47 more crossword puzzles...