Poems

Search our extensive curated collection of over 10,000 poems by occasion, theme, and form, or search by keyword or poet’s name in the field below.

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.

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Title	Author	Year
From a Park Bench	Patricia Hooper	2017
Then let not winter's ragged hand deface (Sonnet 6)	William Shakespeare	2016
Telephones from the 50s	Gary Soto	2016
Between the Dragon and the Phoenix	C. Dale Young	2016
From “Citizen,” V [Sometimes “I” is supposed to hold what is not there]	Claudia Rankine	2016
O thou, my lovely boy, who in thy power (Sonnet 126)	William Shakespeare	2016
The Birthnight	Walter de la Mare	2016
Most Sweet It Is With Unuplifted Eyes	William Wordsworth	2015
Not Nothing	Kimiko Hahn	2015
Stridulation Sonnet	Jessica Jacobs	2015
You are perfect for me	Rebecca Wolff	2015
From “Citizen,” IV [To live through the days sometimes you moan like deer]	Claudia Rankine	2014
Diana of the Hunt	Forceythe Willson	1867
Q	Hannah Sanghee Park	2014
From Tanka Diary	Harryette Mullen	2014
Getting Close	Victoria Redel	2013
Christmas Away from Home	Jane Kenyon	2005
Fifteen Years of Darkness	Liu Xiaobo	2012
Ghost Elephants	Jean Valentine	2012
Horoscope	Maureen N. McLane	2011

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