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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 lost baby poem Lucille Clifton 1991
Pirate Story Robert Louis Stevenson 1885
The Destruction Of Sennacherib Lord George Gordon Byron 1815
Song to Celia Ben Jonson 1616
The Shoes My Mother Hated, in Fairness, Were Ugly Ariana Brown 2026
My Dream Han Yong-un 1926
I Want the Wide American Earth Carlos Bulosan 1950
Song of Myself, 7 Walt Whitman 1891
On Eating and Drinking Kahlil Gibran 1923
A Memory Lola Ridge 1918
As kingfishers catch fire, dragonflies draw flame Gerard Manley Hopkins 1880
To the Right Honourable William, Earl of Dartmouth Phillis Wheatley 1773
I speak with the future. Jane Hirshfield 2026
The Eyes of My Regret Angelina Weld Grimké 1927
Kink Imani Davis 2023
The Teller of Tales Gabriela Mistral 2003
How to Dismantle a Heart Rodney Gomez 2018
When the Burning Begins Patricia Smith 2017
Passive Voice Laura Da’ 2017
Notes on the Below Ada Limón 2016

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