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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
What’s Broken Dorianne Laux 2007
The Jester Langston Hughes 1926
The South Langston Hughes 1926
Aunt Sue’s Stories Langston Hughes 1926
Poem Langston Hughes 1926
Wake Up, Mario Martín Espada 2022
Last Mattress Marilyn Nelson 2022
On “Phantasmagorique #15,” a Painting by Kathy Goodell Garrett Hongo 2022
Joy Clarissa Scott Delany 1926
The White Ones Langston Hughes 1926
Disillusion Langston Hughes 1926
Summer Night Langston Hughes 1926
Afraid Langston Hughes 1926
Lament for Dark Peoples Langston Hughes 1926
Death of an Old Seaman Langston Hughes 1926
Sea Charm Langston Hughes 1926
Natcha Langston Hughes 1926
Seascape Langston Hughes 1926
Young Sailor Langston Hughes 1926
Caribbean Sunset Langston Hughes 1926

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