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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 Thaw Henry David Thoreau 1895
[Sometimes I don't know if I'm having a feeling] Matthew Siegel 2015
To Helen About Her Hair Robinson Jeffers 1912
A Love Lorenzo Calogero 2013
“I’m afraid of death” Kathleen Ossip 2013
Sappho and Phaon: Sonnet III Mary Robinson 1796
The Maenads Ursula K. Le Guin 2012
Blowjob (Vulgar Slang) (audio only) Sharon Olds 2011
Many Asked Me Not to Forget Them Naomi Shihab Nye 2011
Earth Took of Earth Anonymous 1000
The Branches Jean Valentine 2009
The Book of the Dead Man (Fungi) Marvin Bell 2009
Untitled [To see this evil from its core] Philip Lamantia 2008
Lovers' Infiniteness John Donne 1633
Psychoanalysis: An Elegy Jack Spicer 2008
Eating the Bones Ellen Bass 2007
Tender Buttons [A Box] Gertrude Stein 1914
Talking to Patrizia Kenneth Koch 1994
The Legend Garrett Hongo 1988
The Dancing Gerald Stern 1982

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