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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
Love at First Sight Wisława Szymborska 2016
So Much Happiness Naomi Shihab Nye 2016
The Conditional Ada Limón 2013
My Father Teaches Me to Play Solitaire Donna Masini 2025
U-Pick Orchards Danusha Laméris 2025
The 167th Psalm of Elvis Tony Barnstone 2014
Notes from a Pioneer on a Speck in Space Lew Welch 2012
Sudden Friendship Elsa Gidlow 1923
To a Black Dancer in “The Little Savoy” Langston Hughes 1926
Harlem Night Club Langston Hughes 1926
Prologue to a Womanhood Hera Naguib 2021
Revolutionary Letter #1 Diane di Prima 1971
Lottery Kristin Robertson 2019
Blame Ellen Bass 2019
From “One Big Self” [Count your fingers] C. D. Wright 2016
Happenstance Rita Dove 2016
Thanks Yusef Komunyakaa 2016
Ghosts on the Road David Rivard 2015
At the Carnival Anne Spencer 1922
Near misses Laura Kasischke 2011

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