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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
The Branches Jean Valentine 2009
The City of God David Baker 2001
Drawing from Life Reginald Shepherd 1996
Language W. S. Merwin 2007
Beloved, my Beloved... (Sonnet 20) Elizabeth Barrett Browning 1850
The Ruined Maid Thomas Hardy 1901
War Music [Down on your knees, Achilles] Christopher Logue 1988
Love Incarnate Frank Bidart 1997
Past Light Pimone Triplett 2005
The Blade of Nostalgia Chase Twichell 1991
On the Mississippi Hamlin Garland 1893
The Teacher Hilarie Jones 2002
In the Next Galaxy Ruth Stone 2002
Skating in Harlem, Christmas Day Cynthia Zarin 2002
Haircut Elizabeth Alexander 1996
Those Graves in Rome Larry Levis 1985
Statement of Purpose Kyle Carrero Lopez 2026
The Iliad, Book VI [The Price of Honor] Homer 2023
New Tradition/新传统 Evan Wang 2026
[ ] Ladan Osman 2026

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