Skip to main content
Poets.org

mobileMenu

  • Poems
  • Poets
  • Poem-a-Day
  • National Poetry Month
  • Materials for Teachers
  • Literary Seminars
  • American Poets Magazine

Main navigation

  • Poets.org
  • Academy of American Poets
  • National Poetry Month
  • American Poets Magazine

User account menu

  • Log in
  • Membership
  • Donate
Donate
Poets.org

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.

Page submenu block

  • find poems
  • find poets
  • poem-a-day
  • literary seminars
  • materials for teachers
  • poetry near you

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
Empty my heart of thee — (146) Emily Dickinson 1929
The Spirit of Poetry Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 1886
Little Things Marion Strobel 1921
The Marathon Runner Fenton Johnson 1927
Poem Helene Johnson 1922
The Cataclysm Ameen Rihani 1921
pantoum for aiyana & not a single hashtag Aurielle Marie 2021
Palimpsest Jared Carter
O Claire Wahmanholm 2020
The Past Ralph Waldo Emerson 1867
Poverty Henry David Thoreau 1895
You don't love me, you say, and deflate Gala Mukomolova 2019
Self-Portrait with Dad’s Baseball Glove Nathan Hoks 2019
My Voice Oscar Wilde 2018
Television Prevents Me From Seeing the World as It Really Is Carmen Giménez 2018
Roses Only Marianne Moore 1921
When I Read the Book Walt Whitman 1891
Meditation for the Silence of Morning Adam Clay 2016
Little Box Marilyn Nelson 2016
On Virtue Phillis Wheatley 1773

Pagination

  • First page « First
  • Previous page ‹‹
  • …
  • Page 172
  • Page 173
  • Page 174
  • Page 175
  • …
  • Next page ››
  • Last page Last »

Newsletter Sign Up

Support Us

  • Become a Member
  • Donate Now
  • Get Involved
  • Make a Bequest
  • Advertise with Us

Follow Us

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Tumblr
  • SoundCloud
  • YouTube
  • Instagram
  • Pinterest

Footer

  • poets.org

    • Find Poems
    • Find Poets
    • Poetry Near You
    • Jobs for Poets
    • Literary Seminars
    • Privacy Policy
    • Press Center
    • Advertise
  • academy of american poets

    • About Us
    • Programs
    • Prizes
    • First Book Award
    • James Laughlin Award
    • Ambroggio Prize
    • Chancellors
    • Staff
  • national poetry month

    • Poetry & the Creative Mind
    • Dear Poet Project
    • Poster
    • Sponsorship
  • american poets

    • Books Noted
    • Essays
    • Advertise
© Academy of American Poets, 195 Broadway 9th Floor, New York, NY 10007
poets .org