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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 Iraqi Nights Dunya Mikhail 2016
Art Project: Earth Karen Skolfield 2016
When my love swears that she is made of truth (Sonnet 138) William Shakespeare 2016
Meditation for the Silence of Morning Adam Clay 2016
Hands Safiya Sinclair 2015
I Am Alive in Los Angeles! Mike Sonksen 2015
Time Passes Joy Ladin 2015
Metamorphosis James Richardson 2013
Wedding Cake Naomi Shihab Nye 1998
Modern Declaration Edna St. Vincent Millay 1931
To a Young Poet Edna St. Vincent Millay 1931
Passer Mortuus Est Edna St. Vincent Millay 1921
Gila Rigoberto González 2012
The Everyday Enchantment of Music Mark Strand 2012
Adam Lay Ibounden Anonymous 1400
A Situation for Mrs. Biswas Prageeta Sharma 2010
The Black Unicorn (audio only) Audre Lorde 1977
way [excerpts] Leslie Scalapino 1988
On Halloween Janet Little 1792
Sex Michael Ryan 2004

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