poem

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• UK: /ˈpəʊ.ɪm/
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• UK: [ˈphəwɪm]
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• UK: /ˈpəʊ.əm/
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• UK, uncommon: /ˈpɔːɪm/
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• US: /ˈpoʊ.əm/
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• US: /ˈpəʊ.ɪm/
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• US: /poʊm/
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• US: [ˈpho(ʊ̯)əm]
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• US: [ˈpho(ʊ̯)m̩]
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• US: [ˈpho(ʊ̯)m]
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• Canada: /ˈpoː.ɪm/
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• Canada: /poː(ə)m/
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• Canada: /ˈpoː.ɛm/
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• Australian: /ˈpɔʊ(ə)m/
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• India: /poː.jem/
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• Malaysia, Scotland: /ˈpo.jəm/
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• /pɔɪm/ Ghana
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• rhymes with -əʊɪm
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• rhymes with -əʊəm
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• rhymes with -əʊɛm
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• rhymes with -əʊm
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• rhymes with -ɔːɪm
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• rhymes with -ɔɪm
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• CMU ARPABET: P OW1 AH0 M Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle French poème, from Latin poēma, from Ancient Greek ποίημα (poíēma), from ποιέω (poiéō, “to make”). Widely displaced English leed.

352 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: gedig — literary piece written in verse
• Afrikaans: vers — literary piece written in verse
• Albanian: vjershë — literary piece written in verse
• Albanian: poemë — literary piece written in verse
• Southern Altai: поэма (poema) — literary piece written in verse
• Amharic: ግጥም (gəṭm) — literary piece written in verse
• Arabic: قَصِيدَة (qaṣīda) — literary piece written in verse
• Arabic: شِعْر (šiʕr) — literary piece written in verse
• Arabic: نَظْم (naẓm) — literary piece written in verse
• Arabic: قَصيدة (gaṣīda) — literary piece written in verse
• Arabic: شِعِر (šiʕir) — literary piece written in verse
• Armenian: բանաստեղծություն (banasteġcutʻyun) — literary piece written in verse
• Armenian: ոտանավոր (otanavor) — literary piece written in verse
• Armenian: պոեմ — literary piece written in verse
• Armenian: տաղ (taġ) — literary piece written in verse
• Assamese: কবিতা (kobita) — literary piece written in verse
• Asturian: poema — literary piece written in verse
• Asturian: poesía — literary piece written in verse
• Azerbaijani: şeir — literary piece written in verse
• Azerbaijani: poema — literary piece written in verse
• Bashkir: шиғыр (şiğır) — literary piece written in verse
• Basque: poema — literary piece written in verse
• Belarusian: верш (vjerš) — literary piece written in verse
• Belarusian: паэ́ма (paéma) — literary piece written in verse
• Bengali: কবিতা (kobita) — literary piece written in verse
• Bengali: পদ্য (poddo) — literary piece written in verse
• Central Bikol: rawit-dawit — literary piece written in verse
• Bulgarian: стихотворе́ние (stihotvorénie) — literary piece written in verse
• Bulgarian: пое́ма (poéma) — literary piece written in verse
• Burmese: ကဗျာ (ka.bya) — literary piece written in verse
• Catalan: poema — literary piece written in verse
• Catalan: poesia — literary piece written in verse
• Catalan: oda — literary piece written in verse
• Chinese Cantonese: 詩 /诗 (si1) — literary piece written in verse
• Chinese: чонсы (čonsɨ) — literary piece written in verse
• Chinese: сывын (sɨvɨn) — literary piece written in verse
• Chinese Mandarin: 詩 /诗 (shī) — literary piece written in verse
• Chinese Mandarin: 詩篇 /诗篇 (shīpiān) — literary piece written in verse
• Chinese Mandarin: 詩歌 /诗歌 (shīgē) — literary piece written in verse
• Cornish: kan — literary piece written in verse
• Czech: báseň — literary piece written in verse
• Danish: digt — literary piece written in verse
• Dutch: gedicht — literary piece written in verse
• Dutch: vers — literary piece written in verse
• Estonian: luuletus — literary piece written in verse
• Estonian: värss — literary piece written in verse
• Estonian: poeem — literary piece written in verse
• Farefare: dakɩrɛ — literary piece written in verse
• Faroese: kvæði — literary piece written in verse
• Faroese: ljóð — literary piece written in verse
• Finnish: runo — literary piece written in verse
• French: poème — literary piece written in verse
• Galician: poema — literary piece written in verse
• Galician: poesía — literary piece written in verse
• Georgian: ლექსი (leksi) — literary piece written in verse
• Georgian: პოემა (ṗoema) — literary piece written in verse
• Georgian: შაირი (šairi) — literary piece written in verse
• German: Gedicht — literary piece written in verse
• German: Poem — literary piece written in verse
• Greek: ποίημα (poíima) — literary piece written in verse
• Ancient Greek: ποίημα (poíēma) — literary piece written in verse
• Hebrew: שִׁיר (shir) — literary piece written in verse
• Hindi: कविता (kavitā) — literary piece written in verse
• Hindi: पद्य (padya) — literary piece written in verse
• Hindi: काव्य (kāvya) — literary piece written in verse
• Hungarian: vers — literary piece written in verse
• Icelandic: ljóð — literary piece written in verse
• Icelandic: kvæði — literary piece written in verse
• Icelandic: dikt — literary piece written in verse
• Icelandic: vers — literary piece written in verse
• Ido: poemo — literary piece written in verse
• Ilocano: daniw — literary piece written in verse
• Indonesian: syair — literary piece written in verse
• Ingrian: vers — literary piece written in verse
• Ingrian: stiha — literary piece written in verse
• Irish: dán — literary piece written in verse
• Italian: poema — literary piece written in verse
• Italian: poesia — literary piece written in verse
• Japanese: 詩 (shi) — literary piece written in verse
• Japanese: 詩歌 (shiika) — literary piece written in verse
• Kazakh: өлең (öleñ) — literary piece written in verse
• Kazakh: поэма (poéma) — literary piece written in verse
• Kazakh: дастан (dastan) — literary piece written in verse
• Khmer: កំណាព្យ (kɑmnaap) — literary piece written in verse
• Kikuyu: irebeta — literary piece written in verse
• Korean: 시 (si) — literary piece written in verse
• Korean: 시가 (siga) — literary piece written in verse
• Central Kurdish: شیعر (şîir) — literary piece written in verse
• Northern Kurdish: helbest — literary piece written in verse
• Northern Kurdish: şiîr — literary piece written in verse
• Kyrgyz: ыр (ır) — literary piece written in verse
• Kyrgyz: казал (kazal) — literary piece written in verse
• Kyrgyz: поэма (poema) — literary piece written in verse
• Kyrgyz: өлөң (ölöŋ) — literary piece written in verse
• Lao: ກາບກອນ (kāp kǭn) — literary piece written in verse
• Lao: ກອນ (kǭn) — literary piece written in verse
• Lao: ຄໍາກອນ (kham kǭn) — literary piece written in verse
• Lao: ກະວີນິພົນ (ka wī ni phon) — literary piece written in verse
• Latin: carmen — literary piece written in verse
• Latin: poema — literary piece written in verse
• Latvian: dzejolis — literary piece written in verse
• Latvian: poēma — literary piece written in verse
• Lithuanian: eilėraštis — literary piece written in verse
• Lithuanian: poema — literary piece written in verse
• Luxembourgish: Gedicht — literary piece written in verse
• Macedonian: песна (pesna) — literary piece written in verse
• Malay: puisi — literary piece written in verse
• Malay: syair — literary piece written in verse
• Malayalam: കവിത (kavita) — literary piece written in verse
• Maltese: poeżija — literary piece written in verse
• Manchu: ᡳᡵᡤᡝᠪᡠᠨ (irgebun) — literary piece written in verse
• Marathi: कविता (kavitā) — literary piece written in verse
• Marathi: काव्य (kāvya) — literary piece written in verse
• Mongolian: шүлэг (šüleg) — literary piece written in verse
• Mongolian: ᠰᠢᠯᠦᠭ (silüg) — literary piece written in verse
• Norwegian Bokmål: dikt — literary piece written in verse
• Norwegian Bokmål: episk dikt — literary piece written in verse
• Occitan: poèma — literary piece written in verse
• Old English: lēoþ — literary piece written in verse
• Old Norse: kvæði — literary piece written in verse
• Old Norse: ljóð — literary piece written in verse
• Old Norse: dikt — literary piece written in verse
• Old Norse: skáldskapr — literary piece written in verse
• Pannonian Rusyn: поема (poema) — literary piece written in verse
• Pannonian Rusyn: шпив (špiv) — literary piece written in verse
• Pashto: شعر (še'r) — literary piece written in verse
• Dari: شِعْر (ši'r) — literary piece written in verse
• Dari: چَامَه (čāma) — literary piece written in verse
• Dari: نَظْم (nazm) — literary piece written in verse
• Iranian Persian: شِعْر (še'r) — literary piece written in verse
• Iranian Persian: چامِه (čâme) — literary piece written in verse
• Iranian Persian: نَظْم (nazm) — literary piece written in verse
• Middle Persian: cagāmag — literary piece written in verse
• Plautdietsch: Jedicht — literary piece written in verse
• Polish: wiersz — literary piece written in verse
• Polish: poemat — literary piece written in verse
• Portuguese: poema — literary piece written in verse
• Portuguese: poesia — literary piece written in verse
• Quechua: harawi — literary piece written in verse
• Romanian: poem — literary piece written in verse
• Russian: стихи́ (ru) — literary piece written in verse
• Russian: стихотворе́ние (stixotvorénije) — literary piece written in verse
• Russian: стих (stix) — literary piece written in verse
• Russian: поэ́ма (poéma) — literary piece written in verse
• Sanskrit: काव्य (kāvya) — literary piece written in verse
• Sanskrit: कविता (kavitā) — literary piece written in verse
• Scottish Gaelic: dàn — literary piece written in verse
• Scottish Gaelic: duan — literary piece written in verse
• Scottish Gaelic: òran — literary piece written in verse
• Serbo-Croatian: спе̑в — literary piece written in verse
• Serbo-Croatian: спје̑в — literary piece written in verse
• Serbo-Croatian: пое́ма — literary piece written in verse
• Serbo-Croatian: пе̏сма — literary piece written in verse
• Serbo-Croatian: пје̏сма — literary piece written in verse
• Serbo-Croatian: стѝхови — literary piece written in verse
• Serbo-Croatian: spȇv — literary piece written in verse
• Serbo-Croatian: spjȇv — literary piece written in verse
• Serbo-Croatian: poéma — literary piece written in verse
• Serbo-Croatian: pȅsma — literary piece written in verse
• Serbo-Croatian: pjȅsma — literary piece written in verse
• Serbo-Croatian: stìhovi — literary piece written in verse
• Sikkimese: སྙན་ངག (snyan ngag) — literary piece written in verse
• Sinhalese: කවිය (kawiya) — literary piece written in verse
• Slovak: báseň — literary piece written in verse
• Slovene: pesem — literary piece written in verse
• Upper Sorbian: baseń — literary piece written in verse
• Spanish: poema — literary piece written in verse
• Spanish: poesía — literary piece written in verse
• Spanish: oda — literary piece written in verse
• Swahili: shairi — literary piece written in verse
• Swedish: dikt — literary piece written in verse
• Swedish: poem — literary piece written in verse
• Swedish: skaldverk — literary piece written in verse
• Tagalog: tula — literary piece written in verse
• Tajik: шеър (še'r) — literary piece written in verse
• Tajik: назм (nazm) — literary piece written in verse
• Tajik: чома (čoma) — literary piece written in verse
• Tamil: பா (pā) — literary piece written in verse
• Tamil: பாடல் (pāṭal) — literary piece written in verse
• Tamil: செய்யுள் (ceyyuḷ) — literary piece written in verse
• Tamil: கவிதை (kavitai) — literary piece written in verse
• Tarifit: izri — literary piece written in verse
• Tatar: шигырь (şiğer) — literary piece written in verse
• Tatar: дастан (dastan) — literary piece written in verse
• Telugu: పద్యము (padyamu) — literary piece written in verse
• Telugu: కవిత (kavita) — literary piece written in verse
• Thai: กลอน (glɔɔn) — literary piece written in verse
• Thai: บทกวี (bòt-gà-wii) — literary piece written in verse
• Tibetan: སྙན་ངག (snyan ngag) — literary piece written in verse
• Turkish: nazım — literary piece written in verse
• Turkish: şiir — literary piece written in verse
• Turkish: manzume — literary piece written in verse
• Turkish: koşuk — literary piece written in verse
• Ottoman Turkish: شعر (şi’r) — literary piece written in verse
• Ottoman Turkish: نظم (naẓm) — literary piece written in verse
• Ottoman Turkish: منظومه (manẓume) — literary piece written in verse
• Turkmen: şygyr — literary piece written in verse
• Turkmen: gosgy — literary piece written in verse
• Turkmen: poema — literary piece written in verse
• Ukrainian: вірш (virš) — literary piece written in verse
• Ukrainian: пое́ма (poéma) — literary piece written in verse
• Urdu: نَظْم (nazm) — literary piece written in verse
• Urdu: شاعِرِی (śā'irī) — literary piece written in verse
• Urdu: شِعْر (śi'r) — literary piece written in verse
• Uyghur: شېئىر (shë'ir) — literary piece written in verse
• Uyghur: داستان (dastan) — literary piece written in verse
• Uzbek: sheʻr — literary piece written in verse
• Uzbek: poema — literary piece written in verse
• Uzbek: doston — literary piece written in verse
• Vietnamese: bài thơ — literary piece written in verse
• Vietnamese: thơ — literary piece written in verse
• Volapük: poedot — literary piece written in verse
• Volapük: lelöfapoedot — literary piece written in verse
• Walloon: powinme — literary piece written in verse
• Walloon: powezeye — literary piece written in verse
• Walloon: arimé — literary piece written in verse
• Welsh: cerdd — literary piece written in verse
• Yiddish: פּאָעמע (poeme) — literary piece written in verse
• Yiddish: פּאָעם (poem) — literary piece written in verse
• Yiddish: געדיכט (gedikht) — literary piece written in verse
• Yoruba: ewì — literary piece written in verse
• Zazaki: şîîre — literary piece written in verse
• Zhuang: sei — literary piece written in verse
• Afrikaans: gedig — piece of writing in the tradition of poetry
• Azerbaijani: şeir — piece of writing in the tradition of poetry
• Bashkir: шиғыр (şiğır) — piece of writing in the tradition of poetry
• Central Bikol: rawit-dawit — piece of writing in the tradition of poetry
• Chinese Mandarin: 詩篇 /诗篇 (shīpiān) — piece of writing in the tradition of poetry
• Czech: báseň — piece of writing in the tradition of poetry
• Danish: digt — piece of writing in the tradition of poetry
• Dutch: gedicht — piece of writing in the tradition of poetry
• Esperanto: poemo — piece of writing in the tradition of poetry
• Faroese: kvæði — piece of writing in the tradition of poetry
• Faroese: ljóð — piece of writing in the tradition of poetry
• Finnish: runo — piece of writing in the tradition of poetry
• French: poème — piece of writing in the tradition of poetry
• German: Dichtung — piece of writing in the tradition of poetry
• Greek: ποίημα (poíima) — piece of writing in the tradition of poetry
• Ancient Greek: ποίημα (poíēma) — piece of writing in the tradition of poetry
• Hindi: कविता (kavitā) — piece of writing in the tradition of poetry
• Icelandic: ljóð — piece of writing in the tradition of poetry
• Icelandic: kvæði — piece of writing in the tradition of poetry
• Icelandic: dikt — piece of writing in the tradition of poetry
• Ido: poemo — piece of writing in the tradition of poetry
• Indonesian: pantun — piece of writing in the tradition of poetry
• Ingrian: vers — piece of writing in the tradition of poetry
• Italian: poema — piece of writing in the tradition of poetry
• Italian: poesia — piece of writing in the tradition of poetry
• Japanese: 詩 (shi) — piece of writing in the tradition of poetry
• Khmer: កំណាព្យ (kɑmnaap) — piece of writing in the tradition of poetry
• Korean: 시 (si) — piece of writing in the tradition of poetry
• Latin: fabula — piece of writing in the tradition of poetry
• Maltese: poeżija — piece of writing in the tradition of poetry
• Marathi: कविता (kavitā) — piece of writing in the tradition of poetry
• Norwegian Bokmål: dikt — piece of writing in the tradition of poetry
• Old Norse: kvæði — piece of writing in the tradition of poetry
• Old Norse: ljóð — piece of writing in the tradition of poetry
• Old Norse: dikt — piece of writing in the tradition of poetry
• Polish: poezja — piece of writing in the tradition of poetry
• Polish: wiersz — piece of writing in the tradition of poetry
• Portuguese: poema — piece of writing in the tradition of poetry
• Portuguese: poesia — piece of writing in the tradition of poetry
• Russian: стихи́ (ru) — piece of writing in the tradition of poetry
• Russian: стихотворе́ние (stixotvorénije) — piece of writing in the tradition of poetry
• Russian: стих (stix) — piece of writing in the tradition of poetry
• Russian: поэ́ма (poéma) — piece of writing in the tradition of poetry
• Serbo-Croatian: стихотво́рство — piece of writing in the tradition of poetry
• Serbo-Croatian: пе̏снӣштво — piece of writing in the tradition of poetry
• Serbo-Croatian: пје̏снӣштво — piece of writing in the tradition of poetry
• Serbo-Croatian: стѝхови — piece of writing in the tradition of poetry
• Serbo-Croatian: пое́ма — piece of writing in the tradition of poetry
• Serbo-Croatian: пе̏сма — piece of writing in the tradition of poetry
• Serbo-Croatian: пје̏сма — piece of writing in the tradition of poetry
• Serbo-Croatian: stihotvórstvo — piece of writing in the tradition of poetry
• Serbo-Croatian: pȅsnīštvo — piece of writing in the tradition of poetry
• Serbo-Croatian: pjȅsnīštvo — piece of writing in the tradition of poetry
• Serbo-Croatian: stìhovi — piece of writing in the tradition of poetry
• Serbo-Croatian: poéma — piece of writing in the tradition of poetry
• Serbo-Croatian: pȅsma — piece of writing in the tradition of poetry
• Serbo-Croatian: pjȅsma — piece of writing in the tradition of poetry
• Slovene: pesem — piece of writing in the tradition of poetry
• Slovene: poezija — piece of writing in the tradition of poetry
• Spanish: poema — piece of writing in the tradition of poetry
• Swahili: shairi — piece of writing in the tradition of poetry
• Swedish: dikt — piece of writing in the tradition of poetry
• Swedish: poem — piece of writing in the tradition of poetry
• Tamil: பா (pā) — piece of writing in the tradition of poetry
• Tamil: பாடல் (pāṭal) — piece of writing in the tradition of poetry
• Tamil: கவிதை (kavitai) — piece of writing in the tradition of poetry
• Telugu: పద్యం (padyaṁ) — piece of writing in the tradition of poetry
• Telugu: కవిత (kavita) — piece of writing in the tradition of poetry
• Turkish: şiir — piece of writing in the tradition of poetry
• Ukrainian: пое́ма (poéma) — piece of writing in the tradition of poetry
• Ukrainian: вірш (virš) — piece of writing in the tradition of poetry
• Vietnamese: bài thơ — piece of writing in the tradition of poetry
• Afrikaans: gedig — piece of poetic writing
• Albanian: poemë — piece of poetic writing
• Azerbaijani: şeir — piece of poetic writing
• Bashkir: шиғыр (şiğır) — piece of poetic writing
• Central Bikol: rawit-dawit — piece of poetic writing
• Czech: báseň — piece of poetic writing
• Danish: digt — piece of poetic writing
• Dutch: gedicht — piece of poetic writing
• Finnish: runo — piece of poetic writing
• French: poème — piece of poetic writing
• German: Gedicht — piece of poetic writing
• Greek: ποίημα (poíima) — piece of poetic writing
• Greek: ποίηση (poíisi) — piece of poetic writing
• Hindi: कविता (kavitā) — piece of poetic writing
• Hungarian: költemény — piece of poetic writing
• Ido: poemo — piece of poetic writing
• Indonesian: puisi — piece of poetic writing
• Ingrian: vers — piece of poetic writing
• Italian: poema — piece of poetic writing
• Italian: poesia — piece of poetic writing
• Japanese: 詩的表現 (shiteki hyōgen) — piece of poetic writing
• Javanese: geguritan — piece of poetic writing
• Latin: fabula — piece of poetic writing
• Marathi: कविता (kavitā) — piece of poetic writing
• Norwegian Bokmål: dikt — piece of poetic writing
• Polish: poemat — piece of poetic writing
• Polish: wiersz — piece of poetic writing
• Portuguese: poema — piece of poetic writing
• Portuguese: poesia — piece of poetic writing
• Russian: стихи́ (ru) — piece of poetic writing
• Russian: стихотворе́ние (stixotvorénije) — piece of poetic writing
• Russian: стих (stix) — piece of poetic writing
• Russian: поэ́ма (poéma) — piece of poetic writing
• Serbo-Croatian: стихотворина — piece of poetic writing
• Serbo-Croatian: пое́ма — piece of poetic writing
• Serbo-Croatian: песма — piece of poetic writing
• Serbo-Croatian: стѝхови — piece of poetic writing
• Serbo-Croatian: stihotvorina — piece of poetic writing
• Serbo-Croatian: poéma — piece of poetic writing
• Serbo-Croatian: pesma — piece of poetic writing
• Serbo-Croatian: stìhovi — piece of poetic writing
• Slovene: pesem — piece of poetic writing
• Slovene: poezija — piece of poetic writing
• Spanish: poema — piece of poetic writing
• Swahili: ushairi — piece of poetic writing
• Swedish: dikt — piece of poetic writing
• Swedish: poem — piece of poetic writing
• Tamil: பா (pā) — piece of poetic writing
• Tamil: பாடல் (pāṭal) — piece of poetic writing
• Tamil: கவிதை (kavitai) — piece of poetic writing
• Telugu: పద్యం (padyaṁ) — piece of poetic writing
• Telugu: కవిత (kavita) — piece of poetic writing
• Thai: กลอน (glɔɔn) — piece of poetic writing
• Turkish: şiir — piece of poetic writing
• Ukrainian: пое́ма (poéma) — piece of poetic writing
• Ukrainian: вірш (virš) — piece of poetic writing
• Vietnamese: bài thơ — piece of poetic writing