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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
Weave in, My Hardy Life Walt Whitman 2014
Song Book Naomi Shihab Nye 2014
Diana of the Hunt Forceythe Willson 1867
Engines Within the Throne Cathy Park Hong 2012
Fifteen Years of Darkness Liu Xiaobo 2012
The Maenads Ursula K. Le Guin 2012
The New Year Emma Lazarus 1882
Blowjob (Vulgar Slang) (audio only) Sharon Olds 2011
Wall Street at Night Lola Ridge 1920
A Spray of Water: Tanka [the round spoon] Tada Chimako 2010
Tanka Diary [Don't need picket fences, brick wall] Harryette Mullen 2010
The Radio Animals Matthea Harvey 2010
We Manage Most When We Manage Small Linda Gregg 2008
Demeter to Persephone Alicia Ostriker 2009
Friend Jean Valentine 2004
Adjectives of Order Alexandra Teague 2010
To the Saguaro Cactus Tree in the Desert Rain James Wright 1992
The Book of the Dead Man (Nothing) Marvin Bell 2009
The Maldive Shark Herman Melville 1888
Howl, Part III and Footnote to Howl (audio only) Allen Ginsberg 1975

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