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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 moon rose over the bay. I had a lot of feelings. Donika Kelly 2017
Middle Passage Robert Hayden 2017
For My People Margaret Walker 2017
We Should Make a Documentary About Spades Terrance Hayes 2017
Hurricane Yona Harvey 2017
This Is Not a Small Voice Sonia Sanchez 2018
I, Too Langston Hughes 1994
Dreams Langston Hughes 1994
To John Keats, Poet. At Spring Time* Countee Cullen 1925
Still I Rise Maya Angelou 1978
South Street Lewis Grandison Alexander 1927
Before Two Thresholds Arthur Fauset 1927
Past Present & Future Alero “The Mimz” Ogisi 2024
El Hajj Malik Shabazz Mari Evans 2007
Carolyn Rodgers Mari Evans 2007
I Am a Black Woman Mari Evans 2007
The Flag is Bleeding, 2019 María Luisa Arroyo Cruzado 2020
The Black Man’s Bit Leslie Pinckney Hill 1921
The Octoroon Georgia Douglas Johnson 1923
Going to the Picnic Julius C. Wright 1906

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