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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 moon rose over the bay. I had a lot of feelings. Donika Kelly 2017
Vaccinated Jericho Brown 2021
The Anactoria Poem Sappho 2007
Howl, Parts I & II Allen Ginsberg 1984
Femme Futures Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha 2019
From “Coy” (xxi) Richard Scott 2025
From “Coy” (v) Richard Scott 2025
Still Life with Lemons in a Wicker Basket Richard Scott 2025
Still Life with Rose Richard Scott 2025
[It was summer when I found you] Sappho 1907
After a Rochester Wedding Anja Mei-Ping Kuipers 2025
Night Was Done Mikhail Kuzmin 1921
You Can Light a Fire Without a Match, You Can Catch a Fish Without a Hook, You Can Make a Blind Man See Jari Bradley 2025
Cavafy in Compton/Closet Anthem Self-Portrait at 16 Robin Coste Lewis 2025
Orange Noel Quiñones 2025
fish bones jo reyes-boitel 2025
Loom Poem Jake Skeets 2025
The Pedlar Charlotte Mew 1921
DEAR GABRIELLE, Andrea Abi-Karam 2025
Sea Love Charlotte Mew 1921

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