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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
Dirt Kwame Dawes 2017
Four Sonnets About Food Adrienne Su 2017
a note on the body Danez Smith 2017
The Fool’s Song William Carlos Williams 2017
The Bronze Legacy Effie Lee Newsome 1922
The Candle Indoors Gerard Manley Hopkins 2016
Flame-Heart Claude McKay 2016
Letter Beginning with Two Lines by Czesław Miłosz Matthew Olzmann 2016
Testimony Joseph Fasano 2014
Magdalene Marie Howe 2013
Lament for the Makaris William Dunbar 1460
The Vampire Bride [I am come-I am come!] Henry Thomas Liddell 1833
On His Deceased Wife John Milton 1658
In the Library Charles Simic 2008
Madam and the Phone Bill Langston Hughes 1994
Star Quilt Roberta Hill Whiteman 1984
Where Is My Friend? Dorianne Laux 2026
Incurable Dorothy Parker 1928
First Time Brushing Teeth Next to You Aimee Nezhukumatathil 2024
My Life Closed Twice Cameron Awkward-Rich 2023

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