Discover poems to read and share during the winter holiday season, including poems for Thanksgiving, Chanukah, Christmas, and New Year's, as well as poems about winter, family, snow, and holiday cheer.

Poems for the Holidays

A New Law” by Greg Delanty
Let there be a ban on every holiday...

[little tree]” by E. E. Cummings
little tree... 

Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” by Robert Frost
Whose woods these are, I think I know...

Perhaps the World Ends Here” by Joy Harjo
The world begins at a kitchen table…

Wonder and Joy” by Robinson Jeffers
The things that one grows tired of—O, be sure...

The 26th of December” by Galway Kinnell
A Tuesday, day of Tiw...

The Feast of Lights” by Emma Lazarus
Kindle the taper like the steadfast star…

Holidays” by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
The holiest of all holidays are those…

When the Year Grows Old” by Edna St. Vincent Millay
I cannot but remember...

A Visit from St. Nicholas” by Clement Clark Moore
‘Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house…

Ode to My Socks” by Pablo Neruda
Maru Mori brought me...

Meditations on the Fall and Winter Holidays” by Charles Reznikoff
The solid houses in the mist...

When Giving Is All We Have” by Alberto Ríos
We give because someone gave to us…

Toward the Winter Solstice” by Timothy Steele
Although the roof is just a story high…

The Snow Man” by Wallace Stevens
One must have a mind of winter...

The Snowfall Is So Silent” by Miguel de Unamuno
The snowfall is so silent...

Between Autumn Equinox and the Winter Solstice, Today” by Emily Jungmin Yoon
I read a Korean poem...