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Search our extensive curated collection of more than ten thousand poems by occasion (Autumn to Easter, Veterans Day to Valentine’s Day, etc.), theme (love, nature, sports, etc.), and form (sonnets, haiku, etc.), or search by keyword or poet’s name in the field below.

Title Author Year
Dear P. [If you are] Victoria Chang 2017
Calling on All Silent Minorities June Jordan 2017
Dear Exile, Mai Der Vang 2017
Mist Henry David Thoreau 2015
To the Roaring Wind Wallace Stevens 1923
The Planting of the Apple-Tree William Cullen Bryant 1864
“John Brown’s Body” [There were three stout pillars that held up all] Stephen Vincent Benét 1927
Since Nine O’Clock C. P. Cavafy 2009
Patience Kay Ryan 2000
Peace on Earth William Carlos Williams 1917
Curriculum Vitae Lisel Mueller 1996
Ode on Periods Bernadette Mayer 1998
To a Waterfowl William Cullen Bryant 1818
I Wish I Were Water … Ahmad Shamlou 2025
Critic Leonard Bacon 1930
Burning Candle Austin Araujo 2026
a letter to charlie parker Dior J. Stephens 2025
La Guerre (II) E. E. Cummings 2025
Why paint night over nightless day? Jalal al-Din Rumi 2022
The War Against Birthdays Josh Bell 2025

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