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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.

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Wisdom Cometh With the Years Countee Cullen 1925
Pagan Prayer Countee Cullen 1925
The Dance of Love Countee Cullen 1925
Saturday’s Child Countee Cullen 1925
Two Who Crossed a Line Countee Cullen 1925
Two Who Crossed a Line Countee Cullen 1925
Simon the Cyrenian Speaks Countee Cullen 1925
Harlem Wine Countee Cullen 1925
Tableau Countee Cullen 1925
Near White Countee Cullen 1925
Atlantic City Waiter Countee Cullen 1925
Black Magdalens Countee Cullen 1925
To A Brown Boy Countee Cullen
To A Brown Girl Countee Cullen 1925
Brown Boy to Brown Girl Countee Cullen 1925
A Brown Girl Dead Countee Cullen 1925
My Loves Langston Hughes 1922
Skin Tight Ishmael Reed 2021
Black Heroism is Unskilled Labor Xan Forest Phillips 2021
Naming the Baby Yesenia Montilla 2021

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