A bishop takes a poem home (5)
I believe the answer is:
abode
'home' is the definition.
(synonyms)
'a bishop takes a poem' is the wordplay.
'bishop' becomes 'B' (chess abbreviation).
'takes' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'a poem' becomes 'ode' (ode is a type of poem).
'a'+'b'+'ode'='ABODE'
(Other definitions for abode that I've seen before include "Place of residence" , "House made of adobe" , "Archaic dwelling place" , "Dwelling, residence" , "stay" .)