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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
Self and Life George Eliot 1884
Bent, Spindled and Mutilated Kevin C. McHugh 2013
Night’s Edge / La orilla de la noche Octavio Quintanilla 2025
Wedding Day / Boda Octavio Quintanilla 2025
Poem in Which the Violence Occurs Backstage / Poema en el que la violencia acontece fuera del escenario Octavio Quintanilla 2025
Let Love, Jalal al-Din Rumi 2022
Whatever the ways of the world, Jalal al-Din Rumi 2022
Why paint night over nightless day? Jalal al-Din Rumi 2022
Just the other day, Jalal al-Din Rumi 2022
Come out, come close. Jalal al-Din Rumi 2022
I’m not that unrequited lover, so bitter I flee Love. Jalal al-Din Rumi 2022
The Things I Love Scottie McKenzie Frasier 1920
War Gary Copeland Lilley 2025
Summer Elegy Nicole Callihan 2025
My Father Teaches Me to Play Solitaire Donna Masini 2025
1951 Brenda Hillman 2025
The War Against Birthdays Josh Bell 2025
Spring Louise Imogen Guiney 1884
Prose in a Small Space Rita Dove 2021
Spring Night Sara Teasdale 1915

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