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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
The Triumph of Time Algernon Charles Swinburne 1866
The Question Answered William Blake 1905
Peace Henry Vaughan 1650
Fantasy Gwendolyn Bennett 1927
My House, I Say Robert Louis Stevenson 1885
In Praise of Shame Lord Alfred Douglas 1894
Milton [Excerpt] William Blake 1811
Watermelons Charles Simic 1974
Sestina: Altaforte Ezra Pound 1956
The One God Is Mysterious Frank X. Gaspar 2004
Days of Me Stuart Dischell 2003
Late September Charles Simic 2002
War Photograph Kate Daniels 2002
His Excuse for Loving Ben Jonson 1640
Words Dana Gioia 2001
Fireflies Maya C. Popa 2026
I Was Born Again the First Time I Lost Time Watching a Woman Shira Erlichman 2026
She says, being forbidden: Leonora Speyer 2026
Daughter Danusha Laméris 2024
Night’s Edge / La orilla de la noche Octavio Quintanilla 2025

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