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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
I Have a Friend Anne Spencer 1927
Neighbors Anne Spencer 1927
Dusk Angelina Weld Grimké 1927
For the Candlelight Angelina Weld Grimké 1927
The Marathon Runner Fenton Johnson 1927
Puck Goes to Court Fenton Johnson 1927
When I Die Fenton Johnson 1927
Confession Countee Cullen 1927
Sikasso Snow Fred L. Joiner 2023
Praise Song Hafizah Augustus Geter 2023
Theft Esther Popel 1925
Grandfather A. Van Jordan 2022
Country of Water Mahogany L. Browne 2022
dream where every black person is standing by the ocean Danez Smith 2022
Drifting Olivia Ward Bush-Banks 1899
Evening Olivia Ward Bush-Banks 1914
Morning Olivia Ward Bush-Banks 1914
Proof James Cagney 2022
America, I Am James Cagney 2022
what we did while waiting for the rain Afua Ansong 2022

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