Poems

Search our extensive curated collection of over 10,000 poems by occasion, theme, and form, or search by keyword or poet’s name in the field below.

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.

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Title	Author	Year
Two Sewing	Hazel Hall	1921
Economy	Sandra Beasley	2012
Heirloom	Nikky Finney	2011
Summer	Amy Lowell	1912
A Poem	Robert Creeley	2006
In the Garden	Thomas Hardy	1915
Trees Need Not Walk the Earth	David Rosenthal	1920
Moonlight Monologue for the New Kitten	Péter Kántor	2010
Plural Happiness	David Rivard	2011
Occasioned by General Washington's Arrival in Philadelphia, On His Way to His Residence in Virginia	Philip Freneau	1783
The City of God	David Baker	2001
The Ghazal of What Hurt	Peter Cole	2008
Book 4, Ode 1 [To Venus]	Horace	1673
Untitled [You did say, need me less and I'll want you more]	Marilyn Hacker	1986
Landing Under Water, I See Roots	Annie Finch	2003
The Old Year	John Clare	1845
Sitting Outside	W. D. Snodgrass	2006
Privilege of Being (audio only)	Robert Hass	1988
Wildflower	Stanley Plumly	1983
Yes	Denise Duhamel	1999

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