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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
the sonnet-ballad Gwendolyn Brooks 1949
Ulysses [excerpt] James Joyce 1922
To a Stranger Walt Whitman 1900
The Red Poppy Louise Glück 1992
Knoxville, Tennessee Nikki Giovanni 2016
In the chemo room, I wear mittens made of ice so I don’t lose my fingernails. But I took a risk today to write this down. Andrea Gibson 2023
I Have a Rendezvous with Death Alan Seeger 1917
In Praise of Mystery: A Poem for Europa Ada Limón 2024
Self-Portrait as Exit Wounds Ocean Vuong 2017
The Pasture Robert Frost 1915
A Nation's Strength William Ralph Emerson 1847
Forgetfulness Billy Collins 1999
Song [When I am dead, my dearest] Christina Rossetti 1862
The White House Claude McKay 1919
Bury Me in a Free Land Frances Ellen Watkins Harper 1854
Speaking Tree Joy Harjo 2019
We All Return to the Place Where We Were Born Oscar Gonzales 2016
Home Is so Sad Philip Larkin 1988
Poem for a Suicide Matthew Zapruder 2023
Strange Meeting Wilfred Owen 1919

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