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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 Harp of Broken Strings John Rollin Ridge 1850
He Had His Dream Paul Laurence Dunbar 1913
Day-Dreams Dorothy Parker 1926
A Modified Villanelle for My Childhood Suzi F. Garcia 2021
Ballad Diane Seuss 2021
Song for Equal Suffrage Charlotte Perkins Gilman 1911
The Christmas Wreath Anna de Brémont 2018
13 Questions for the Next Economy Susan Briante 2018
Deleting Names (A Decaying Sestina) Lawrence Schimel 2018
Christmas Eve Ella Higginson 2017
Ts'ai Chi'h Ezra Pound 2017
Tuesday 9/11/01 Lucille Clifton 2017
From WHEREAS [“WHEREAS when offered ...”] Layli Long Soldier 2017
Poem [I do not always understand what you say.] James Schuyler 1993
Fire Dreams Carl Sandburg 1918
from The Vision of Sir Launfal James Russell Lowell 1848
Th' expense of spirit in a waste of shame (Sonnet 129) William Shakespeare 1609
How Can It Be I Am No Longer I Lucie Brock-Broido 1997
Personals C. D. Wright 2002
The Outsider Sholeh Wolpé 2008

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