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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
Segesta Edith Wharton 1926
Proof Cornelius Eady 2026
I begin the day thinking Taylor Byas 2025
The Soul’s Desire Teresa de Cepeda y Ahumada 1847
Drill Jada Renée Allen 2024
Come Let Us Be Friends Sarah Lee Brown Fleming 1920
The Harp of Broken Strings John Rollin Ridge 1850
I Have Stood Up for You Carlos Montezuma 1919
Hard Daddy Langston Hughes 1922
Ode to Sudanese-Americans Safia Elhillo 2021
Nothing Krysten Hill 2020
Why We Oppose Votes for Men Alice Duer Miller 1915
An Apology Julia Ward Howe 1854
[A cloud of flowers!] Matsuo Bashō 1899
Underbelly Nicole Homer
What Will You Do? Rainer Maria Rilke 1922
Song of Myself, 16 Walt Whitman 1891
Eros Ralph Waldo Emerson 1847
Losing the 440-Yard Dash Afaa Michael Weaver 2016
Cayucos Eduardo C. Corral 2016

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