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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 Philistine Ameen Rihani 1905
Saada Ameen Rihani 1905
Guitarrero! Cyrus Cassells 2022
Dong, Sounds The Brass In The East Henry David Thoreau 1943
A Corn-Song Paul Laurence Dunbar 1913
The Ol' Tunes Paul Laurence Dunbar 1913
The Dilettante: A Modern Type Paul Laurence Dunbar 1913
Night of Love Paul Laurence Dunbar 1913
Standing by a Shelf Brandon D. Johnson 2022
Lenox Avenue: Midnight Langston Hughes 1926
Blues Fantasy Langston Hughes 1926
Harlem Night Club Langston Hughes 1926
A Banjo Song Paul Laurence Dunbar 1913
Three Wrong Notes Joel Dias-Porter 2022
To Midnight Nan at Leroy's Langston Hughes 1926
Negro Dancers Langston Hughes 1926
The Master-Player Paul Laurence Dunbar 1913
[Oye! This is an apartment building ode.] Dimitri Reyes 2022
We Are All God’s Poems Philip Metres 2021
Ka ‘Ōlelo Brandy Nālani McDougall 2020

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