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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
On the Mississippi Hamlin Garland 1893
Once in the 40’s William Stafford 1982
Passing Through Albuquerque John Balaban 1991
Amo Amas Amat Bernardine Evaristo 2001
Pledge Elizabeth A. I. Powell 2001
Reading Moby-Dick at 30,000 Feet Tony Hoagland 1998
From “Meditations of the Old Young Man” [2. What it was to live ...] Stéphane Bouquet 2026
The Valley of Aijalon Babette Deutsch 1925
Poem for Grown Children Kathleen Driskell 2025
The Iliad, Book XX [The Warrior’s Return] Homer 2023
The Weight She Gives Me 2026
1999 A. Van Jordan 2026
“Artificial neurons can be trained to kill humans without humans overseeing” K. A. Hays 2026
I Face East (Ars Poetica) Carlina Duan 2025
A Good Doctor Michael Dickman 2025
Lost and Found Ruelaine Stokes 2024
A Garland of Light Garrett Hongo 2019
Mantle Kevin Young 2025
Holiday cheer or holiday void— Haleh Liza Gafori 2024
My Dead Relatives Myrna Nieves 2024

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