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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
Cruel Cogito Ken Chen 2013
Separation is the necessary condition for light. Brian Teare 2013
How to Be a Lawyer Jordan Davis 2013
Her Father Thomas Hardy 1919
from The Princess [Sweet and low, sweet and low] Alfred, Lord Tennyson 2013
Gate of Freedom Deema K. Shehabi 2013
The Figure Joseph Fasano 2013
Motown Philly Back Again Harmony Holiday 2013
Persimmons Li-Young Lee 1986
The Gift Li-Young Lee 1986
Little Father Li-Young Lee 2001
A Story Li-Young Lee 1990
Eating Together Li-Young Lee 1986
Arise, Go Down Li-Young Lee 1990
Hymn Kazim Ali 2012
In the Airport Eleni Sikelianos 2010
‘The child is father to the man.’ Gerard Manley Hopkins 2011
The Trouble Ball [excerpt] Martín Espada 2011
Sutra Marilyn Krysl 2011
Renewal [Excerpt] Chris Abani 2010

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