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
Farewell! Thou art too dear for my possession (Sonnet 87)	William Shakespeare	1904
So oft I invoke thee for my Muse (Sonnet 78)	William Shakespeare	1904
That god forbid that made me first your slave (Sonnet 58)	William Shakespeare	1904
How can my Muse want subject to invent (Sonnet 38)	William Shakespeare	1904
Lo! In the orient when the gracious light (Sonnet 7)	William Shakespeare	1904
My Son Asks for the Story About When We Were Birds	Joe Wilkins	2018
A Shropshire Lad, VIII	A. E. Housman	2018
Jeju Island	E. J. Koh	2018
My Poem for My Stepdaughter	Prageeta Sharma	2018
She Walketh Veiled and Sleeping	Charlotte Perkins Gilman	1911
The Send-Off	Wilfred Owen	2018
From “Romance”	Chelsey Minnis	2018
Bildungsroman	Sam Sax	2018
My Father as Cartographer	Natasha Trethewey	2018
Apology to the Body	Lory Bedikian	2018
Language	Rae Gouirand	2018
Sylvia	Eileen Myles	2018
Noon	Teddy Macker	2018
Introduction to Mycology	Chelsea Rathburn	2018
While I Slept	Navtej Bharati	2018

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