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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
Hatred Gwendolyn Bennett 1922
Heritage Gwendolyn Bennett 1922
Why I don’t write about George Floyd Toi Derricotte 2020
To a Dark Girl Gwendolyn Bennett 1922
Singularity Marissa Davis 2020
If You Should Go Countee Cullen 1922
Now and Then Charles Bertram Johnson 1918
Edmonia Lewis and I Weather the Storm Xan Forest Phillips 2019
Want Could Kill Me Xan Forest Phillips 2019
Social Death, an Address Xan Forest Phillips 2019
Born Frees Pamela Sneed 2019
Nocturne Gwendolyn Bennett 1922
Cross Langston Hughes 1922
Jazzonia Langston Hughes 1926
Brass Spittoons Langston Hughes 1922
From the Dark Tower Countee Cullen 1922
Youth Sings a Song of Rosebuds Countee Cullen 1922
Heritage Countee Cullen 1922
Every Verb is a Lesson in Longing or Dread April Freely 2020
YOUR BRAIN IS NOT A PRISON! Sasha Debevec-McKenney 2020

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