Why are the words written by the king of poetry called poems?

Classical poetry and ci belong to the category of poetry, but they are in a parallel relationship. Poetry includes classical poetry, metrical poetry, quatrains, songs, fu, qu and modern poetry. Therefore, a word can also be called a poem.

Ci is a kind of ancient poetry in China. It began in Nanliang, formed in Tang Dynasty, flourished after the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, and reached its peak in Song Dynasty, so it was commonly known as Song Ci. The Tang poetry we refer to generally refers to metrical poems and quatrains, which belong to modern poetry and have strict word count and rhythm constraints.

So it is also right to say that words are poems. Inheriting Oriental Classical Culture and Appreciating Poetry Classics-Parallel Society, Baidu!