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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
Karma Edwin Arlington Robinson 1925
How like a winter hath my absence been (Sonnet 97) William Shakespeare 1609
Duende Tracy K. Smith 2004
Breakfast Minnie Bruce Pratt 2003
Once in the 40’s William Stafford 1982
Astigmatism Amy Lowell 1914
[In my eyes he matches the gods] Sappho 2007
A Divine Image William Blake 1794
The Great Migration Minnie Bruce Pratt 1999
Ode to My Son’s Birthmark Michelle Bitting 2026
Deportation Brenda Cárdenas 2025
New Tradition/新传统 Evan Wang 2026
Queer Trivia Night Jenny Johnson 2026
II [Doom is dark and deeper than any sea-dingle.] W. H. Auden 1930
The Artist Orpheus Donald Justice 1995
Breath Philip Levine 1991
The Alchemist Louise Bogan 1929
Critique of My Thighs Fatima Malik 2025
Verses in the Wind Mariposa Fernández 2025
Summer Elegy Nicole Callihan 2025

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