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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
On Freedom Kahlil Gibran 1923
“The Happiest Day, The Happiest Hour” Edgar Allan Poe 2018
Prayer Galway Kinnell 2018
Ghazal: America the Beautiful Alicia Ostriker 2016
Suddenly Sharon Olds 2013
Daily Naomi Shihab Nye 1995
Oh, Why Should the Spirit of Mortal be Proud? William Knox 1876
Midwinter Day [Excerpt] Bernadette Mayer 1982
When Malindy Sings Paul Laurence Dunbar 1901
Medusa Patricia Smith 1992
Nine Bluegills Stuart Dybek 2026
I Went Out to Hear Leila Chatti 2023
Island Langston Hughes 1995
Revolutionary Letter #1 Diane di Prima 1971
Gone is Gone Mark Wunderlich 2019
Fall Didi Jackson 2019
Move Alicia Ostriker 2018
Barbie Chang Got Her Hair Done Victoria Chang 2017
Spanglish As Experienced by a Native Speaker John Olivares Espinoza 2017
Utopian Alicia Ostriker 2016

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