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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
Ode to Butter Beth Ann Fennelly 2020
A Suggested Campaign Song Alice Duer Miller 1915
No One Speaks of How Tendrils Feed on the Fruits Xan Forest Phillips 2019
Aunt Chloe's Politics Frances Ellen Watkins Harper 1891
in lieu of a poem, i’d like to say Danez Smith 2019
Song of the Open Road, 5 Walt Whitman 1891
Song of Myself, 26 Walt Whitman 1891
So are you to my thoughts as food to life (Sonnet 75) William Shakespeare 1904
If the dull substance of my flesh were thought (Sonnet 44) William Shakespeare 1904
Ghazal Tracy K. Smith 2018
A Deep-Sworn Vow W. B. Yeats 2017
The Bronze Legacy Effie Lee Newsome 1922
Taking Down the Tree Jane Kenyon 2005
On the Beach at Night Alone Walt Whitman 1891
The Trouble Ball [excerpt] Martín Espada 2011
One day is there of the series Emily Dickinson 1890
The Vampire Bride [I am come-I am come!] Henry Thomas Liddell 1833
Poetry as Insurgent Art [I am signaling you through the flames] Lawrence Ferlinghetti 2007
To Lucasta, on Going to the Wars Richard Lovelace 1649
Latin & Soul Victor Hernández Cruz 2001

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