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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 Fist Derek Walcott 1986
Ecce Puer James Joyce 1936
Madam and Her Madam Langston Hughes 1994
waiting on you to die so i can be myself Danez Smith 2017
Espergesia César Vallejo 1918
Kid, this is October, Jeffrey Bean 2018
Pokeberries Ruth Stone 2017
Senior Discount Ali Liebegott 2016
Happenstance Rita Dove 2016
Left-Handed Sugar Jane Hirshfield 2011
A Kite for Aibhin Seamus Heaney 2010
The Savior must have been a docile Gentleman (1487) Emily Dickinson 1890
[The dream seems universal, I’ve heard it] Dan Sociu 2026
To the Dandelion James Russell Lowell 1843
Ledge Kevin Young 2023
The Jester Langston Hughes 1926
Mildew Charlotte Dacre 2021
The Tropics in New York Claude McKay 1922
The Bowl Jane Hirshfield 2020
Let It Be Forgotten Sara Teasdale 1920

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