Poems

Search our extensive curated collection of over 10,000 poems by occasion, theme, and form, or search by keyword or poet’s name in the field below.

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.

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Title	Author	Year
Hope is a Bruise	Dasha Kelly Hamilton	2021
Bitter Winter	Dasha Kelly Hamilton	2017
Young Singer	Langston Hughes	1926
For Myself	Countee Cullen	1926
For Joseph Conrad	Countee Cullen	1925
For Hazel Hall, American Poet	Countee Cullen	1925
Beggar Boy	Langston Hughes	1926
On Broadway	Claude McKay	1922
Home Thoughts	Claude McKay	1922
For John Keats, Apostle of Beauty	Countee Cullen	1925
For One Who Died Singing of Death	Countee Cullen	1925
UPON Grief and Grievance: Art and Mourning in America, New Museum, New York, 2021. / DOUBLE SONNET after A.J., C.S.D., C.G., J.B., D.R., P.C., M.B., K.G., K.W., M.E., K.B., E.G., M.D. & R.S.	Ronaldo V. Wilson	2021
For a Preacher	Countee Cullen	1925
For a Wanton	Countee Cullen	1925
Alfonso, Dressing to Wait at Table	Claude McKay	1922
Mexican Market Woman		1922
The Call to Duty	George Reginald Margetson	1910
where all, we flowers	Jasmine Reid	2021
Iyáaní (Spirit, Breath, Life)	Sara Marie Ortiz	2021
For Daughters of Magdalen	Countee Cullen	1925

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