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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
Moments of Vision Thomas Hardy 2016
When I Read the Book Walt Whitman 1891
The Black Woman’s Tears Swap Meet Is Open Every Day Douglas Kearney 2016
Incendiary Art Patricia Smith 2016
A Perfect Game Yesenia Montilla 2016
The Rookie January Gill O’Neil 2016
Road Trip Vijay Seshadri 2016
Jim Limber the Adopted Mulatto Son of Jefferson Davis Visits His Adoptive Parents After the War Shane McCrae 2016
Alphabet Street Randall Mann 2016
litany Mahogany L. Browne 2016
Translation for Mamá Richard Blanco 2016
Praxis Wendy Xu 2016
Lesvos Christopher Bakken 2016
To Jamyla Bolden of Ferguson, Missouri Naomi Shihab Nye 2016
From “Citizen,” V [Sometimes “I” is supposed to hold what is not there] Claudia Rankine 2016
Double Exposure May Swenson 2016
Charlie Howard’s Descent Mark Doty 2016
My Lover Is a Woman Pat Parker 2016
Oshi James L. White 2016
Aubade to Langston Rachel Eliza Griffiths 2016

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