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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
Afternoons Jorge H. Aigla 2016
2008, XII Wendell Berry 2016
Prison Reginald Dwayne Betts 2016
In the Dream Jenny Johnson 2016
[we fight back to control the outside] kari edwards 2016
Human Habitat Alison Hawthorne Deming 2015
When There Were Ghosts Alberto Ríos 2014
Action Poem Helen Hoyt 1915
At Night Yone Noguchi 1920
Spring Edna St. Vincent Millay 1921
The Dandelion Vachel Lindsay 1916
Patience Kay Ryan 2000
He would not stay for me, and who can wonder A. E. Housman 1939
The Wishing Tree Kathleen Jamie 2007
The Transparent Man Anthony Hecht 1991
Trees in the Garden D. H. Lawrence 1964
Window Spencer Reece 2026
How to Take a Life Janel Pineda 2026
Proof Cornelius Eady 2026
From “Puella Mea” [Through the young and awkward hours] E. E. Cummings 1923

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