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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
Found Poem Howard Nemerov 1987
God Went to Beauty School Cynthia Rylant 2003
June Light Richard Wilbur 1947
Song H.D. 1921
[Someone running with his head aflame …] Daniel Lipara 2026
I Never Dreamed You’d Leave in Summer Angel Nafis 2026
Citizen Gbenga Adesina 2025
In this Labyrinth Najwan Darwish 2025
At the Pool Effie Lee Newsome 1927
  Oh! snatched away in Beauty's bloom Lord George Gordon Byron 1898
The Ice Cream Man James Tate 2008
My Poem Asks to Be Read Right to Left Catherine Chen 2023
Lines Written During My Second Pandemic Eduardo C. Corral 2022
Don’t You Wanna Patricia Smith 2020
Answer July Emily Dickinson 1862
The Road Helene Johnson 1922
Young Prostitute Langston Hughes 1926
A Song on the Water Thomas Lovell Beddoes 2021
Caprice Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz 1920
Primordial Mirror Ama Codjoe 2021

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