Skip to main content
Poets.org

mobileMenu

  • Poems
  • Poets
  • Poem-a-Day
  • National Poetry Month
  • Materials for Teachers
  • Literary Seminars
  • American Poets Magazine

Main navigation

  • Poets.org
  • Academy of American Poets
  • National Poetry Month
  • American Poets Magazine

User account menu

  • Log in
  • Membership
  • Donate
Donate
Poets.org

Poems

Search our extensive curated collection of over 10,000 poems by occasion, theme, and form, or search by keyword or poet’s name in the field below.

Page submenu block

  • find poems
  • find poets
  • poem-a-day
  • literary seminars
  • materials for teachers
  • poetry near you

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 Vampire Conrad Aiken 1914
Song for the Clatter-Bones F. R. Higgins 1935
Haunted Seas Cale Young Rice 1921
Unbidden Rae Armantrout 2009
sorrows Lucille Clifton 2009
Nothing Is Lost Lucyna Prostko 2009
Restless Ghost Eric Pankey 2008
Spirit Birds Stanley Plumly 2008
Shadwell Stair Wilfred Owen 1931
The Haunted Palace Edgar Allan Poe 1839
Shaking the Grass Janice N. Harrington 2007
Hamlet, Act I, Scene I [Some say that ever 'gainst that season comes] William Shakespeare 1603
To the Trespasser David Barber 2006
Letter from a Haunted Room Lisa Sewell 2006
American Sonnet (35) Wanda Coleman 1998
Ghost Paul Mariani 1996
Blue Oxen Dara Barrois/Dixon 2005
Patsy Sees a Ghost Lola Haskins 2004
The Ghost Has No Home Jeff Clark 1997
How Can It Be I Am No Longer I Lucie Brock-Broido 1997

Pagination

  • First page « First
  • Previous page ‹‹
  • …
  • Page 6
  • Page 7
  • Page 8
  • Page 9
  • Next page ››
  • Last page Last »

Newsletter Sign Up

Support Us

  • Become a Member
  • Donate Now
  • Get Involved
  • Make a Bequest
  • Advertise with Us

Follow Us

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Tumblr
  • SoundCloud
  • YouTube
  • Instagram
  • Pinterest

Footer

  • poets.org

    • Find Poems
    • Find Poets
    • Poetry Near You
    • Jobs for Poets
    • Literary Seminars
    • Privacy Policy
    • Press Center
    • Advertise
  • academy of american poets

    • About Us
    • Programs
    • Prizes
    • First Book Award
    • James Laughlin Award
    • Ambroggio Prize
    • Chancellors
    • Staff
  • national poetry month

    • Poetry & the Creative Mind
    • Dear Poet Project
    • Poster
    • 30 Ways to Celebrate
    • Sponsorship
  • american poets

    • Books Noted
    • Essays
    • Advertise
© Academy of American Poets, 75 Maiden Lane, Suite 901, New York, NY 10038
poets .org