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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
Ironic: LL.D. William Stanley Braithwaite 1922
Turn Me to My Yellow Leaves William Stanley Braithwaite 1922
Del Cascar William Stanley Braithwaite 1922
A Butterfly in Church George Marion McClellan 1922
At the Closed Gates of Justice James D. Corrothers 1927
From “A Coda to History” Kwame Dawes, John Kinsella 2020
they need some of us to die Donte Collins 2020
From “Trading Riffs to Slay Monsters” Yusef Komunyakaa, Laren McClung 2020
Paul Robeson Gwendolyn Brooks 1970
The Door into Darkness Kevin Killian 1997
Deep Red Kevin Killian 1997
The Flowering Face Kevin Killian 1997
Benediction Georgia Douglas Johnson 1922
Free Kevin Killian 2008
A Family Resemblance (audio only) Audre Lorde 1968
Coniagui Women (audio only) Audre Lorde 1978
Scar (audio only) Audre Lorde 1978
Sequelae (audio only) Audre Lorde 1978
Teacher (audio only) Audre Lorde 1973
The Old Days (audio only) Audre Lorde 1978

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