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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 First Rule of Buoyancy Ollie Schminkey 2024
I wake at dawn to glimpse my barren chest and speak to the children I won’t birth. Spencer Williams 2024
Another Poem About a Mountain Joseph Rios 2019
When My Daughter Wasn’t Assaulted Amanda Johnston 2017
At the Pool Effie Lee Newsome 1927
Thinking about “The Little Mermaid” in the Waiting Room of the Otolaryngology Department Arianna Monet 2024
Do Not Write Poems About Africa ... Patricia Jabbeh Wesley 2024
A Hymn Harriet Monroe 1892
savage Pamela Mordecai 2024
A Fool, A Foul Thing, A Distressful Lunatic Marianne Moore 1924
From Xibalba “[You want to know where you come from.]” Stephanie Adams-Santos 2023
From “A Rain of Stars” Évelyne Trouillot 2024
Preserving an Ecosystem Christina Olivares 2024
You believed only a girl born of dandelion can be ferocious – Purvi Shah 2024
Haiku Geoffrey Philp 2024
Miracles Welcome D. Kealiʻi MacKenzie 2024
Praise Poem in the Key of Diaspora Terisa Siagatonu 2024
When The World Falls in Around You or, Vows to My Palestinian Wife on Our Wedding Day Lehua M. Taitano 2024
Water-Owl, Cuvier’s Beaked Whale Rajiv Mohabir 2024
To The People Who Have Resisted the Urge to Push an Asian Person Into the Path of a Moving Train Bao Phi 2024

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