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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
When I Heard at the Close of Day Walt Whitman 1891
Voices Sharon Olds 2010
it was a dream Lucille Clifton 1992
sisters Lucille Clifton 1989
my dream about being white Lucille Clifton 1989
the lost women Lucille Clifton 1989
Ulysses [excerpt] James Joyce 1922
Harlem Shadows Claude McKay 1921
Phyllis Paul Laurence Dunbar 1913
Oread H.D. 1915
Negotiations with a Volcano Naomi Shihab Nye 1995
Indigestible Phillip Lopate 2009
The Ecstasy Phillip Lopate 2009
Famous Naomi Shihab Nye 1995
The Words Under the Words Naomi Shihab Nye 1995
that they were at the beach [excerpt] Leslie Scalapino 1985
Allende Phillip Lopate 2009
We Who Are Your Closest Friends Phillip Lopate 2009
Numbness Phillip Lopate 2009
Snowball Journal Phillip Lopate 2009

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