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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 Mahogany Tree William Makepeace Thackeray 1882
In Vain Jack Kerouac 2006
Porch Swing in September Ted Kooser 2005
The Ghost Has No Home Jeff Clark 1997
The Hour and What Is Dead Li-Young Lee 1990
Baby Tortoise D. H. Lawrence 1964
The Suitor Jane Kenyon 1996
Hugh Selwyn Mauberly [excerpt] Ezra Pound 1956
I Talk Black Lady Brion 2018
Salt Song Arthur Sze 2021
What the Strength Card in the Tarot Deck Said Alison Luterman 2026
Pluto Diane Ackerman 1976
Once Tove Ditlevsen 2025
Dressing the Body Brittany Rogers 2025
The Elf-Man Gertrude P. McBrown 1927
Nostalgia Jessie Redmon Fauset 1927
The City William Rose Benét 1920
The Pet Leonora Speyer 1921
When The World Falls in Around You or, Vows to My Palestinian Wife on Our Wedding Day Lehua M. Taitano 2024
Panorama After Foreclosure Carlie Hoffman 2024

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