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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
Ode to Spring Frederick Seidel 2009
Lay Back the Darkness Edward Hirsch 2003
Day Job and Night Job Andrew Hudgins 2003
Buddhist Barbie Denise Duhamel 1997
Bedtime Story Wanda Coleman 1993
Talking to Patrizia Kenneth Koch 1994
Back Beckian Fritz Goldberg 2005
Three Seasons Geoffrey G. O’Brien 2007
Stein 100: A Feather Likeness of the Justice Chair Jackson Mac Low 1999
Around Us Marvin Bell 2004
Tenantry George Scarbrough 1989
Pledge Elizabeth A. I. Powell 2001
Red String Minnie Bruce Pratt 1999
Ode to My Son’s Birthmark Michelle Bitting 2026
Mantle Kevin Young 2025
Even in Gretna, Hearing the Cashier Talk, I Long for Gretna Alison Pelegrin 2022
Unspooled Carla Rachel Sameth 2021
The Change Has Come Paul Laurence Dunbar 1913
I Was a Good Wife Vanessa Angélica Villarreal 2021
This Sunday in Ordinary Time Peter Twal 2018

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