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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.

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To Midnight Nan at Leroy's Langston Hughes 1926
The Cat and the Saxophone (2 A.M.) Langston Hughes 1926
Negro Dancers Langston Hughes 1926
Longing Paul Laurence Dunbar 1913
Whittier Paul Laurence Dunbar 1913
Not They Who Soar Paul Laurence Dunbar 1913
A Tremor Is Heard in the House of the Dead Man Hyam Plutzik 2022
Seeking Always the Word Nearest to Silence Hyam Plutzik 2022
Tamales on Christmas Christian Robinson 2022
Why I Write Poetry Leah Kindler 2022
The Master-Player Paul Laurence Dunbar 1913
The Corn-Stalk Fiddle Paul Laurence Dunbar 1913
An Ante-Bellum Sermon Paul Laurence Dunbar 1913
testify Eve L. Ewing 2022
Afternoon in Andalusia Sahar Romani 2022
Inspiration Point Jennifer Jean 2022
Euler’s Equation Bino A. Realuyo 2022
Little Matrons Su Hwang 2022
Recurrence Dorothy Parker 1926
Snow in October Alice Dunbar-Nelson

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