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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 Scholar-Gypsy Matthew Arnold 1853
Lament for the Makaris William Dunbar 1460
Prayers of Steel Carl Sandburg 1918
Personal Poem Frank O’Hara 1964
America James Monroe Whitfield 1853
At Pegasus Terrance Hayes 1999
In That Other Fantasy Where We Live Forever Wanda Coleman 2001
Stoicism for Beginners Pádraig Ó Tuama 2026
Peonies Danusha Laméris 2026
Addiction Major Jackson 2025
The Sluggard Isaac Watts 1715
Imitation Edgar Allan Poe 2018
Autumn Elizabeth Drew Stoddard 2017
Epistemology Catherine Barnett 2017
The Tree Sparrows Joseph O. Legaspi 2016
Tender Buttons [A Long Dress] Gertrude Stein 1914
As a Portent David Baker 2014
Earth Your Dancing Place May Swenson 2013
The Canterbury Tales, “The Nun’s Priest’s Tale” [Excerpt] Geoffrey Chaucer 1478
The Fisherman W. B. Yeats 1916

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