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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 Weary Blues Langston Hughes 1926
The Ballad of Reading Gaol Oscar Wilde 1898
The More Loving One W. H. Auden 1960
Her Kind Anne Sexton 1981
Willow, Stop Weeping Sally Wen Mao 2025
In Forest May Ziadeh 2021
Pain Is the Beam that Penetrates, Rose DeMaris 2022
fish bones jo reyes-boitel 2025
Pandora William Wadsworth 2018
Spring Night Sara Teasdale 1915
U-Pick Orchards Danusha Laméris 2025
Love In These Days Mae Cowdery 1928
once a marine biologist told me octopuses have three hearts Denice Frohman 2018
January Aldrin Regina Valdez 2025
A Cry from an Indian Wife Emily Pauline Johnson 1900
The Lion’s Mouth Randall Mann 2013
The Surface Laura Mullen 1991
Incurable Dorothy Parker 1928
Alone in bed thinking about another breakup Ty Chapman 2024
In the World Emily Schulten 2023

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