Sailor takes poem home (5)
I believe the answer is:
abode
'home' is the definition.
(synonyms)
'sailor takes poem' is the wordplay.
'sailor' becomes 'ab' (abbreviation for able seaman).
'takes' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'poem' becomes 'ode' (ode is a type of poem).
'ab'+'ode'='ABODE'
(Other definitions for abode that I've seen before include "House made of adobe" , "Archaic dwelling place" , "Home or domicile" , "stay" , "Where one lives" .)