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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
Independence Day (audio only) Gerald Stern 2011
In Our Late Empire, Love Malachi Black 2014
Naming the land Elana Bell 2011
Flags Elana Bell 2011
His Excellency General Washington Phillis Wheatley 1776
National Laureate Robert Fitterman 2009
Abraham Davenport [excerpt] John Greenleaf Whittier 1866
Occasioned by General Washington's Arrival in Philadelphia, On His Way to His Residence in Virginia Philip Freneau 1783
To the Right Honourable William, Earl of Dartmouth Phillis Wheatley 1773
A Nation's Strength William Ralph Emerson 1847
A Political Litany Philip Freneau 1775
American Liberty Philip Freneau 1775
America Claude McKay 1921
America Walt Whitman 1891
America Robert Creeley 1991
I Hear America Singing Walt Whitman 1891
Day of the Refugios Alberto Ríos 1994
I am the People, the Mob Carl Sandburg 1916

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