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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
From “Citizen,” IV [To live through the days sometimes you moan like deer] Claudia Rankine 2014
Poof! Mark Irwin 2014
From “One With Others” C. D. Wright 2011
Blackbottom Toi Derricotte 2013
Arabs in Finland Naomi Shihab Nye 2013
Landscape with a Blur of Conquerors Richard Siken 2014
What Are They Doing in the Next Room Bruce Smith 2014
real poem (personal statement) Rachel Zucker 2014
Imagine Kamilah Aisha Moon 2014
Mrs. Cavendish and the Dancer Stephen Dunn 2014
Sympathy Edith Franklin Wyatt 1913
My Teacup Alli Warren 2013
Happy first anniversary (in anticipation of your thirty ninth) Bob Hicok 2013
Escape Elinor Wylie 1923
Black Laws Roger Reeves 2013
For Crying Out Loud Terrance Hayes 2013
On Disappearing Major Jackson 2013
The Purpose of Ritual Melissa Broder 2013
Living in Numbers Claire Lee 2013
mulberry fields Lucille Clifton 1991

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