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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
“Don’t Let Me Be Lonely” [Mahalia Jackson is a genius.] Claudia Rankine 2016
A People’s Historian Kenneth Carroll 2016
Making History Marilyn Nelson 2016
Skit: Sun Ra Welcomes the Fallen Ruth Ellen Kocher 2016
Wild Night Marilyn Nelson 2016
Miracle in the Collection Plate Marilyn Nelson 2016
Conductor Marilyn Nelson 2016
15¢ Futures Marilyn Nelson 2015
The Gift to Sing James Weldon Johnson 2015
Brotherhood Georgia Douglas Johnson 1922
The Rule of Opulence Khadijah Queen 2015
The Tradition Jericho Brown 2015
When I Rise Up Georgia Douglas Johnson 1922
In Tongues Tonya M. Foster 2015
The Book of Genesis Morgan Parker 2015
du bois in ghana Evie Shockley 2015
Spring 1931 Sam Cornish 2015
Brazil Roger Reeves 2015
The Key Ladan Osman 2015
there is no flash Metta Sáma 2015

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