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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 See the Stars in the Night Sky Joy Priest 2023
Yet Do I Marvel Countee Cullen 1927
The Cat and the Saxophone (2 A.M.) Langston Hughes 1926
A Distant Song John Gould Fletcher 1913
For a Lady I Know Countee Cullen 1925
Kid, these are train tracks, Jeffrey Bean 2018
Then hate me when thou wilt; if ever, now; (Sonnet 90) William Shakespeare 1904
Deleting Names (A Decaying Sestina) Lawrence Schimel 2018
Ghazal Tracy K. Smith 2018
Christmas in the Heart Paul Laurence Dunbar 1922
The School of Night & Hyphens Chen Chen 2017
Lament for the Makaris William Dunbar 1460
The Forms of Love George Oppen 1975
Streets Naomi Shihab Nye 1995
Flying Sarah Arvio 2002
Novel Arthur Rimbaud 2002
The Manic Depressive’s Alphabet Anahita Monfared 2025
Walls C. P. Cavafy 1927
Gitanjali 45 Rabindranath Tagore 1916
The Aim Was Song Robert Frost 1921

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