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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
My life had stood a loaded gun (143) Emily Dickinson 1929
sisters Lucille Clifton 1989
[You love yourself only when in pain] Dan Sociu 2026
To a Dark Girl Gwendolyn Bennett 1922
This Morning I Pray for My Enemies Joy Harjo 2016
Helen of Troy Does Countertop Dancing Margaret Atwood 1995
Smoke Henry David Thoreau 1895
Ode to Kool-Aid Marcus Jackson 2018
A Bird came down the Walk (328) Emily Dickinson 1890
The Adoration William Rose Benét 1919
The Character of a Happy Life Sir Henry Wotton 1614
October 14—The Dow Closes Up 10015 Susan Briante 2010
I Have to Write the Book You’ll Burn Vievee Francis 2026
Migration Jenny George 2020
Persimmons Li-Young Lee 1986
From Blossoms Li-Young Lee 1986
Butter Elizabeth Alexander 2017
In a Neighborhood in Los Angeles Francisco X. Alarcón 2017
Black Woman Georgia Douglas Johnson 1922
Endymion, Book I, [A thing of beauty is a joy for ever] John Keats 1818

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