This definition was referenced in the Webster's II dictionary:
poem n. A composition, usu. in verse, marked by language chosen
 esp. for sound, beauty, and evocative power.

So remember my web dwellers. The poems you now read are meant to be sounding, beautiful, and evocative. They are the expression of not just mere people, but souls. Read; and feel what someone's soul has felt. And enjoy it's evocative power.