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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
I Was Told the Sunlight Was a Cure Hanif Abdurraqib 2022
The Rain Song Alex Rogers 1922
The Rubinstein Staccato Etude R. Nathaniel Dett 1922
Fireworks Edith Sitwell 1918
De Drum Majah Raymond Garfield Dandridge 1922
The Big Bell in Zion Theodore Henry Shackelford 1922
Fantasy in Purple Langston Hughes 1922
Strong Men Sterling A. Brown 1922
Poem Helene Johnson 1922
I want Jordan Jace 2022
The Corn Song John Wesley Holloway 1922
Late Autumn Afternoon Elsa Gidlow 1923
O Black and Unknown Bards James Weldon Johnson 1922
Karaoke Lounge (audio only) Cathy Park Hong
sky hammer Julian Talamantez Brolaski 2022
Klangfarbenmelodie manuel arturo abreu 2022
Fire Dragon Sage Uʻilani Takehiro 2022
The Negro Singer James D. Corrothers 1922
Happiest on Earth Alexandria Peary 2019
Uncle Eph’s Banjo Song James Edwin Campbell 1922

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