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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
The Celestial Surgeon Robert Louis Stevenson 1887
The Widening Sky Edward Hirsch 2003
Letter [Persephone to Demeter] Rachel Zucker 2003
Why Is the Color of Snow? Brenda Shaughnessy 2008
Surreptitious Kissing Denis Johnson 1994
A Song for New Year’s Eve William Cullen Bryant 1864
Museum Glyn Maxwell 2000
The Painted Bed Donald Hall 2006
Buddhist Barbie Denise Duhamel 1997
The Beef Epitaph Michael Benedikt 1976
Bedtime Story Wanda Coleman 1993
California Plush Frank Bidart 1973
Bomb Crater Sky Lam Thi My Da 2005
Why should a foolish marriage vow John Dryden 1913
They’ll spend the summer Joshua Beckman 2004
The Orchid Flower Sam Hamill 2002
If the Owl Calls Again John Haines 1993
Red String Minnie Bruce Pratt 1999
Hugh Selwyn Mauberly [excerpt] Ezra Pound 1956
This Land Remembers Manuel González 2026

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