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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
Ka ‘Ōlelo Brandy Nālani McDougall 2020
The Blue-Green Stream Wang Wei 1921
Simon the Cyrenian Speaks Countee Cullen 1925
From Barrio Obrero to La Quince Nicole Cecilia Delgado 2020
Glory Gbenga Adesina 2020
What Sadness Anywhere Is Sadness Shane McCrae 2020
Waiting for a Number Peter Balakian 2020
Hundreds of Purple Octopus Moms Are Super Weird, and They’re Doomed January Gill O’Neil 2019
Riding Cynthia Cruz 2019
Autobiography Lawrence Ferlinghetti 1958
I Never Figured How to Get Free Donika Kelly 2019
A Shropshire Lad, XII A. E. Housman 1922
Taking Out the Trash Kamilah Aisha Moon 2018
Lullaby (with Exit Sign) Hadara Bar-Nadav 2018
Sonku [what i want] Sonia Sanchez 2018
Speak Now, Or Forever. Hold Your Peace. Patricia Smith 2018
Housing Conditions of One Hundred Fifty Chippewa Families Kimberly Blaeser 2018
Forsythe Avenue Haibun Aimee Nezhukumatathil 2018
Origin Story Jenny Xie 2018
In the Beginning God Said Light Mary Szybist 2018

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