• 詩人しじん — poet
• 詩集ししゅう — poetry collection
• 詩歌しか — poems and songs
• 漢詩かんし — Chinese-style poem
• 詩情しじょう — poetic sentiment
• 詩吟しぎん — reciting Chinese-style poetry

詩 combines the 言 (speech) radical with the sound-related part 寺. It originally referred to structured, rhythmic expression of feelings — especially in verse form. The kanji represents how language and sound come together to express emotion.

彼かれは美うつくしい詩しを書かきました。
He wrote a beautiful poem.

詩しを読よむのが好すきです。
I enjoy reading poetry.