Poetry
Poetry was, according to Deanna Troi, "an art form that uses words, put together in new and unexpected ways, sometimes in rhyme." ()

In 2257 in the mirror universe,  stated that it would be "poetic justice" when  was killed by his own creation, the spore drive, but instead had him shot, stating that he was only kidding and he hated poetry. ()

In 2258 of the alternate reality,  justified his hypothesis that Nero had time traveled into the past by giving the quote, "If you eliminate the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth."  then sarcastically remarked, "How poetic." ()

On Starbase 1 in 2259, Dever read some of his amateur poetry to Christine Chapel, which she found "oddly not terrible". ()

Frustrated with Spock's uncharacteristically whimsical description of an unknown phenomenon's effects on 's instrument readings in 2267, James T. Kirk told him, "I want facts, not poetry." ()

In 2268, Garth dismissed Marta's assertion that she wrote poetry as lies, asking her to recite a poem she'd written. ()

In 2285, following Spock's death, Kirk quoted from A Tale of Two Cities, a book the Vulcan had given him earlier ("It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done; it is a far, far better rest that I go to than I have ever known.") Carol Marcus asked him if he was quoting from a poem. ()

In 2365, Worf explained to Wesley Crusher that while Klingon women would roar, hurl heavy objects and claw at their target as part of the mating process, Klingon males would read poetry and duck a lot. ()

By 2369, Data had scheduled special "poetry readings" for his fellow crew members to attend. ()

In 2373, Tuvok recited Vulcan poetry during Talent Night on the . The recitation was apparently not well-received, Chakotay telling Kathryn Janeway that he could have done without it and Neelix requesting of her that she find some way to keep him busy on the bridge should they hold the event again. ()

According to Worf, it was an ancient Klingon tradition to commemorate an important event with a poem. In 2374, Jadzia Dax asked him to commemorate the runabout 's investigation of a subspace compression anomaly, in which it and everything and everyone within it became extremely small, with such a poem. After the investigation, which was made much more dramatic by the capture of the  by Jem'Hadar forces, was complete, Dax spotted Worf with a PADD, which she believed to contain the poem. She asked to hear just the first line and Worf declaimed "This is the story of a little ship that took a little trip." Dax then took the PADD and discovered that there was nothing on it. ()

Types of poems 
 Haiku
 Hymn
 Limerick
 Love poetry
 Ode
 Song lyric

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Literature genres