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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 House of Ghosts Margaret Widdemer 2018
We Should Make a Documentary About Spades Terrance Hayes 2017
Only as the Day Is Long Dorianne Laux 2015
Old Ironsides Oliver Wendell Holmes 1830
The Backyard Mermaid Matthea Harvey 2011
America James Monroe Whitfield 1853
The Niagara River Kay Ryan 2005
A Musical Instrument Elizabeth Barrett Browning 1860
The Distant Moon Rafael Campo 1994
Whose Mouth Do I Speak With Suzanne Rancourt 2004
Snorkel Carmen Gallo 2026
I Come to See for Myself Nancy Mercado 2024
Substance, Shadow, and Spirit Tao Yuanming 1918
Lamb Richie Hofmann 2023
Summer Night Langston Hughes 1926
8. bell hooks 2012
The Moon David Berman 2013
Autumn Siegfried Sassoon 2018
Battery Anne Waldman 2016
Acrostic Lewis Carroll 1861

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