Poems

Search our extensive curated collection of over 10,000 poems by occasion, theme, and form, or search by keyword or poet’s name in the field below.

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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Title	Author	Year
Monotony	Langston Hughes	1923
Justice	Langston Hughes	1923
A Black Pierrot	Langston Hughes	1924
When Sue Wears Red	Langston Hughes	1923
Song for a Banjo Dance	Langston Hughes	1926
Beggar Boy	Langston Hughes	1926
After Many Springs	Langston Hughes	1926
Danse Africaine	Langston Hughes	1924
On Broadway	Claude McKay	1922
Home Thoughts	Claude McKay	1922
For John Keats, Apostle of Beauty	Countee Cullen	1925
For One Who Died Singing of Death	Countee Cullen	1925
UPON Grief and Grievance: Art and Mourning in America, New Museum, New York, 2021. / DOUBLE SONNET after A.J., C.S.D., C.G., J.B., D.R., P.C., M.B., K.G., K.W., M.E., K.B., E.G., M.D. & R.S.	Ronaldo V. Wilson	2021
For a Preacher	Countee Cullen	1925
For a Wanton	Countee Cullen	1925
I Was a Good Wife	Vanessa Angélica Villarreal	2021
Give-Away Song	Gwen Westerman	2021
The Tropics in New York	Claude McKay	1922
Alfonso, Dressing to Wait at Table	Claude McKay	1922
Laughers	Langston Hughes	1922

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