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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
Venus and Adonis [But, lo! from forth a copse] William Shakespeare 1900
Country Fair Charles Simic 1991
Tomorrow David Budbill 2005
Outskirts Tomas Tranströmer 2004
The Painting John Balaban 2003
Sparrow, the Special Delight of My Girl Gaius Valerius Catullus 2002
At Deep Midnight Minnie Bruce Pratt 1999
The Visitation Brigit Pegeen Kelly 1988
[Ask the lightning] Hafsa bint al-Hajj Arrakuniyya 1991
Interior: The Suburbs Horace Gregory 2026
Poem in Which the Poet Ventriloquizes the Beloved Kimberly Quiogue Andrews 2026
White Egret Chris Abani 2022
Elizabeth and I Negotiate Caridad Moro-Gronlier 2023
Algeria Emily Fragos 2025
As a Kid I Was Told, “Don’t Step on a Crack or You’ll Break Your Momma’s Back” Karla Cordero 2025
When I Learn “Catastrophically” Martha Silano 2025
Nameless Mae Cowdery 1928
A Favorite Dish Silas Xavier Floyd 1904
All I can see is nothing Sahar Muradi 2024
Across an Open Field Megan Pinto 2024

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