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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
Atavism Elinor Wylie 1921
I could suffice for Him, I knew (643) Emily Dickinson 1890
Variation on a Theme W. S. Merwin 2013
Poetry Monica Ferrell 2013
“I’m afraid of death” Kathleen Ossip 2013
jasper texas 1998 Lucille Clifton 1991
Silences John Montague 2012
The Maenads Ursula K. Le Guin 2012
Shepheardes Calendar [October] Edmund Spenser 1579
At the Equinox Arthur Sze 2011
At the Carnival Anne Spencer 1922
Person of the Playful Star: Tanka [there is a hole at] Tada Chimako 2010
Shahid Reads His Own Palm Reginald Dwayne Betts 2010
Caesarion C. P. Cavafy 2008
Tender Buttons [A Light in the Moon] Gertrude Stein 1914
To S. M., a Young African Painter, on Seeing His Works Phillis Wheatley 1773
Holy Innocents Christina Rossetti 1881
Howl, Part III and Footnote to Howl (audio only) Allen Ginsberg 1975
Babylon Robert Graves 1918
Why Is the Color of Snow? Brenda Shaughnessy 2008

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