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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
First Time Brushing Teeth Next to You Aimee Nezhukumatathil 2024
Disappointed Paul Laurence Dunbar 1913
Aunt Sue’s Stories Langston Hughes 1926
I wanted to be surprised. Jane Hirshfield 2020
The Poem Grace Interrupted Mikko Harvey 2019
At a Window Carl Sandburg 1916
Apologia Pro Poemate Meo Wilfred Owen 2018
The School of Night & Hyphens Chen Chen 2017
[Be still, my soul, be still; the arms you bear are brittle] A. E. Housman 2017
Watershed Tracy K. Smith 2017
Gay Marriage Poem Jenny Johnson 2017
Why I Don’t Mention Flowers When Conversations with My Brother Reach Uncomfortable Silences Natalie Diaz 2016
Magdalene Marie Howe 2013
The Trouble Ball [excerpt] Martín Espada 2011
Latin & Soul Victor Hernández Cruz 2001
A Litany Gregory Orr 2002
Streets Naomi Shihab Nye 1995
A Farewell to America Phillis Wheatley 1773
Stoicism for Beginners Pádraig Ó Tuama 2026
Memory of France Carlie Hoffman 2024

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