noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb, transitive verb
poem selection; selected poems
Refers to the act of selecting poems (often for anthologies or contests) or the poems that have been selected. Can be used as a noun or with する as a transitive/intransitive verb.
歌会で選歌を担当した。
I was in charge of poem selection at the poetry gathering.
この選歌集には百首の和歌
This anthology of selected poems contains one hundred waka.