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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
Tanka Diary [Awakened too early on Saturday morning] Harryette Mullen 2012
Bardo Peter Gizzi 2012
Christel Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1902
The Dancers Inherit the Party Ian Hamilton Finlay 2012
Ghost Elephants Jean Valentine 2012
1492 Emma Lazarus 1888
Heirloom Nikky Finney 2011
The Nightingale Sir Philip Sidney 1613
Guillaume Apollinaire Gertrude Stein 1913
Again a Solstice Jennifer Chang 2010
The Burning of Paper Instead of Children (audio only) Adrienne Rich 1997
A Poem Robert Creeley 2006
A Spray of Water: Tanka [one narcissus] Tada Chimako 2010
Letter from Town: The Almond Tree D. H. Lawrence 1920
Traveling Light Linda Pastan 2011
Again, She Tells the First Story Barbara Jane Reyes 2011
U-District Incident Report Heather McHugh 2011
Song of the Owl Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 1856
Water Edwin Torres 2010
The Emperor Matthew Rohrer 2010

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