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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 Shapes of Leaves Arthur Sze 1998
The Forest for the Trees Rena Priest 2021
Fire-Flowers Emily Pauline Johnson 1903
Dogwood Blossoms George Marion McClellan 1922
Detail of the Woods Richard Siken 2011
Never May the Fruit Be Picked Edna St. Vincent Millay 1923
The Night Migrations Louise Glück 2006
To Winter Claude McKay 1922
Let There Be Manny Loley 2021
[I seek and desire] Sappho 1907
Buffalograss Jake Skeets 2019
Obsession Charles Baudelaire 2025
Strawberrying May Swenson 2016
Singularity Marissa Davis 2020
Kudzu Saeed Jones 2015
Disappointed Paul Laurence Dunbar 1913
I Have Lived My Whole Life in a Painting Called Paradise Diane Seuss 2018
The Life of Trees Dorianne Laux 2009
No One Speaks of How Tendrils Feed on the Fruits Xan Forest Phillips 2019
Wait Until It Grows Roots Tarfia Faizullah 2025

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