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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
The Tyger William Blake 1794
Howl, Parts I & II Allen Ginsberg 1984
Out of the Cradle Endlessly Rocking Walt Whitman 1891
London William Blake 1794
After the Reading Tiana Clark 2023
What It Means To Say Sally Hemings Ashley M. Jones 2016
in our chant of the creation of the world leilani portillo 2022
Did Rise Jessica Rae Bergamino 2020
I Know You by Your Scent Ricardo Aleixo 2018
So Many JD Pluecker 2019
Planet Catherine Pierce 2017
Exit Interview Carrie Shipers 2017
Summoning the Body That Is Mine When I Shut My Eyes Jenny Johnson 2017
If you look closely enough at a word, you’ll find it contains its opposite* Stephanie Gray 2016
Hunch Jay Parini 2016
From “One Big Self” [Count your fingers] C. D. Wright 2016
Aubade to Langston Rachel Eliza Griffiths 2016
From “Fast Speaking Woman, Part 1” Anne Waldman 2016
Rune of the Finland Woman Marilyn Hacker 1994
Here Arthur Sze 1998

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