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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 Question Answered William Blake 1905
The Sick Child Robert Louis Stevenson 1887
Fantasy Gwendolyn Bennett 1927
Old Black Men Georgia Douglas Johnson 1922
Wedding Dress Michael Waters 2006
Sex with a Famous Poet Denise Duhamel 1999
Watermelons Charles Simic 1974
Spirit Maggie Nelson 2005
Prayer Jorie Graham 2002
His Excuse for Loving Ben Jonson 1640
Break of Day John Donne 1612
My Letters! all dead paper... (Sonnet 28) Elizabeth Barrett Browning 1850
The Cleaving Li-Young Lee 1990
Fireflies Maya C. Popa 2026
Precious Kira Tucker 2026
Low Tide on Grand Pré Bliss Carman 2026
Standup Sonnet Zeina Hashem Beck 2025
“[Lady of all powers]” Enheduana 1994
Fate Ralph Waldo Emerson 1900
La Guerre (II) E. E. Cummings 2025

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