All 5 Uses of

compose
in
Unbroken, by Hillenbrand

That night on the raft, in words composed in his head, never passing his lips, he pleaded for help.
p. 136.5

composed = written

When she pulled up at her parents' house, she had to compose herself before she walked in.
p. 138.9 *

compose = calm

Finally, a letter arrived, composed by Harvey and dictated to a nurse from his hospital bed.
p. 255.9 *

composed = written

He composed another message to his family, then rode with the producers to Tokyo.
p. 259.2

composed = wrote

...this preliminary list was composed of those accused of the worst crimes, including list-topper Hideki Tojo, mastermind of Pearl Harbor and the man on whose orders POWs had been enslaved and starved, and Masahuru Homma, who was responsible for the Bataan Death March.
p. 334.9 *

composed = made up

Definitions:

(1) (compose as in: compose a poem)
to write or create something with care
(2) (compose as in: composed of many parts)
to create something by arranging parts
(3) (compose as in: compose myself)
to calm someone or settle something
(4) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)
meaning too rare to warrant focus:

Specialized senses of compose include typesetting (preparing text for printing). There are many specialized senses of composition where context tells what something is made up from. Finally, in classic literature, compose may have been used to indicate settling a dispute.