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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
By the Waters of Babylon [V. Currents] Emma Lazarus 1887
Green D. H. Lawrence 1917
Christabel [excerpt] Samuel Taylor Coleridge 1816
Olney Hymns, I, [Walking with God] William Cowper 1779
On Quitting Edgar Guest 1912
The First Night Billy Collins 2008
Ave Maria Frank O’Hara 1964
Hellish Night Arthur Rimbaud 1991
A Litany Gregory Orr 2002
Brad Pitt Aaron Smith 2005
Evening Hawk Robert Penn Warren 1985
The Transparent Man Anthony Hecht 1991
The Meaning of Zero: A Love Poem Amy Uyematsu 2005
Anastasia & Sandman Larry Levis 1997
Freedom and Truth Margaret Fuller 1859
finding tomorrow m.s. RedCherries 2024
no one wants to be rough anymore Xan Forest Phillips 2024
I Asked Why Have You Denied Yourself Love Sierra DeMulder 2023
Everybody’s Autobiography Tracy K. Smith 2024
[There is no Life or Death,] Mina Loy 1914

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