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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
Plague of Dead Sharks Alan Dugan 2001
Ashore Ernest Hilbert 2009
Sharks’ Teeth Kay Ryan 2005
The Steel Rippers Patricia Carlin 2009
At Shark Reef Sanctuary Eva Alice Counsell 2003
Rome Brigit Pegeen Kelly 2009
Summer Past John Gray 1893
Coffee and Oranges Joel Brouwer 2009
Summer Night, Riverside Sara Teasdale 1915
Shoal of Sharks Richard O'Connell 2001
Warm Summer Sun Mark Twain 1896
In Summer Paul Laurence Dunbar 1913
The Ripple Effect Jamey Dunham 2009
Seal Lullaby Rudyard Kipling 1894
Untitled [You mustn’t swim till you’re six weeks old] Rudyard Kipling 1901
Haunted Seas Cale Young Rice 1921
Submarine Mountains Cale Young Rice 1921
Flying Fish: An Ode [excerpt] Charles Wharton Stork 1917
The Bluefish Isaac McLellan 1886
The Immanent God Cale Young Rice 1916

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