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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
My Mama moved among the days Lucille Clifton 2017
Clue Nicole Sealey 2017
A Brief History of Hostility Jamaal May 2017
Run Every Race as if It’s Your Last Lisa Olstein 2016
Swimming Carl Phillips 2015
An August Midnight Thomas Hardy 1901
Of the Surface of Things Wallace Stevens 1919
On Summer George Moses Horton 1837
Be Kind Michael Blumenthal 2011
From “The Dead” James Joyce 1914
On Halloween Janet Little 1792
Four Preludes on Playthings of the Wind Carl Sandburg 1922
The Life of Trees Dorianne Laux 2009
Mr. Flood's Party Edwin Arlington Robinson 1921
Dusting Marilyn Nelson 1994
Home After Three Months Away Robert Lowell 1976
At the Gym Mark Doty 2002
The Spirit of Poetry Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 1886
finding tomorrow m.s. RedCherries 2024
job prescription Evie Shockley 2024

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