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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
Next Day Randall Jarrell 1969
alphabet [excerpt] Inger Christensen 2000
ghost ranch Kristin Lueke 2026
How to Take a Life Janel Pineda 2026
Boplicity or Jimmy Throws a Houseparty for Huey Newton & Everybody Shows Up with Their Instrument Instead Daniel B. Summerhill 2026
From “The Lady of the Lake” (Canto I) Sir Walter Scott 1810
To My Dead Child Tove Ditlevsen 2025
Loom Lee Trumpfheller 2024
This Too Shall Pass Kim Addonizio 2024
Planet Dread Safiya Sinclair 2023
The New Remorse Oscar Wilde 1887
The Marathon Runner Fenton Johnson 1927
The Wall Donald Justice 2004
Abecedarian for the Dangerous Animals Catherine Pierce 2020
Love By The Sea #1 Sadakichi Hartmann 1904
Mistletoe Walter de la Mare 1922
Appalling Heart Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven 1920
Looking at the Moon After Rain Li Bai 1921
In the Heart of a Rose George Marion McClellan 1916
The Murderess Alice Cary 1903

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