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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
No Platonic Love William Cartwright 1651
Me in Paradise Brenda Shaughnessy 2008
A Book of Music Jack Spicer 1958
Spontaneous Me Walt Whitman 1891
In Praise of Shame Lord Alfred Douglas 1894
Sex Michael Ryan 2004
Safe Sex Donald Hall 2006
Privilege of Being (audio only) Robert Hass 1988
Erotic Energy Chase Twichell 1998
Kinky Denise Duhamel 1997
Boston Aaron Smith 2005
Aubade: Some Peaches, After Storm Carl Phillips 2004
The Elephant is Slow to Mate D. H. Lawrence 1964
A Woman Waits for Me Walt Whitman 1891
To His Coy Mistress Andrew Marvell 1681
Blue May Swenson 1994

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