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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
Instructions for Stopping Dana Levin 2017
Build, Now, a Monument Matthew Olzmann 2016
Artistic Statement Denise Duhamel 2016
My Mother's Name Lucha Juan Felipe Herrera 2012
Discovery Florence Ripley Mastin 1918
Ode to Love Jennifer Militello 2015
My Light with Yours Edgar Lee Masters 2015
Much Tattooed Sailor Aboard USS New Jersey Jehanne Dubrow 2014
Fruit Cocktail in Light Syrup Amy Gerstler 2014
I Am Not a Myth Matthew Hittinger 2014
Variation on a Theme W. S. Merwin 2013
Poetry Monica Ferrell 2013
The Wound-Dresser Walt Whitman 1891
Vocabulary Jason Schneiderman 2012
Black Glass Soliloquy Ben Mirov 2012
Mars Poetica Wyn Cooper 2012
Engines Within the Throne Cathy Park Hong 2012
Essay on Adam Robert Bringhurst 2012
Sita Jason Schneiderman 2012
Prayer for My Unborn Niece or Nephew Ross Gay 2011

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