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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
Abraham Lincoln Turns to Listen to the Lower Ninth Monifa Love 2022
Sonnet to a Negro in Harlem Helene Johnson 1922
I want Jordan Jace 2022
Exodus Effie Lee Newsome 1925
Shadow Bruce Nugent 1925
God Could Not Make Her a Poet Cornelius Eady 2022
Midnight Air in Louisville Afaa Michael Weaver 2022
All the Time Blues Villanelle Tim Seibles 2022
We Pulled a Rose in Summer Time Elizabeth Curtis Holman 1899
No Images Waring Cuney 1926
Trees at Night Helene Johnson 1925
Length of Moon Arna Bontemps 1926
Poem Langston Hughes 1926
Joy Clarissa Scott Delany 1926
Water Front Streets Langston Hughes 1926
As I Grew Older Langston Hughes 1926
To My Friends Countee Cullen 1925
Mary, Mother of Christ Countee Cullen 1925
The Wise Countee Cullen 1925
Suicide Chant Countee Cullen 1925

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