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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
A Short Testament Anne Porter 2006
Black Petal Li-Young Lee 2001
From “Don’t Let Me Be Lonely” [On the bus two women argue] Claudia Rankine 2004
Beach Glass Amy Clampitt 1997
Rock and Hawk Robinson Jeffers 1995
Aubade: Some Peaches, After Storm Carl Phillips 2004
One Flower Jack Kerouac 2003
Burn Mark Turcotte 2002
Roman Candles Poetic X 2026
[Someone running with his head aflame …] Daniel Lipara 2026
a faith like yours Mayda del Valle 2014
for goldfish that remember seaworld D’mani Thomas 2026
[A long time ago] Tao Yuanming 1918
[The long love that in my thought doth harbour] Thomas Wyatt 1557
To My Daughter’s Dead Name Lance Larsen 2025
Truth Victor Hugo 2025
I’m not that unrequited lover, so bitter I flee Love. Jalal al-Din Rumi 2022
The Creek in Shirley Canyon Robert Hass 2025
At the Mid Hour of Night Thomas Moore 1903
The Ice Cream Man James Tate 2008

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